diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 386060c911..1cbaea2d65 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-go v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bugsnag/panicwrap v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.2
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.9
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.0.1
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.0.1
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dd741cc950..49a2213be0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-beta.4/go.mod h1:GmdgZd2zA2GYIBZ0w09Zvgq
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:V/IXoMqNGgBlabz3tHD2TWDoTJseu1FGOKuoA4nNb2s=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.1/go.mod h1:0DOxVqwDy2iZvrZp2JUx/E+hS0UNTVn7dJnIOwtYR4g=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.7/go.mod h1:gyvv6+ugqY25TiXxcZC3L5yOeYgEw0QMhscqVp1AR9c=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8 h1:NmkCC1/QxyZFBny8JogwLpOy2f+VEbO/f6bV2Mqtwuw=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8/go.mod h1:YdFSv5bTFLpG2HIYmfqDpSYYTDX+mc5qtSuYx1YUb/s=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.9 h1:rs6Xg1gtIxaeyG+Smsb/0xaSDu1VgFhOCKBXxMxbsF4=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.9/go.mod h1:fvQqCfadDGga5HZyn3j4+dx56qj2I9YwBrlSdalvJYQ=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190426062206-aaeac12a7ffc/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190815185530-f2a389ac0a02/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20191127005431-f65d91d395eb/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=