diff --git a/vendor.mod b/vendor.mod
index cd1c59bbb2..024155c634 100644
--- a/vendor.mod
+++ b/vendor.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bsphere/le_go v0.0.0-20170215134836-7a984a84b549
 	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v0.0.0-20180323000720-5d63dbd981b5
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.4
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.7
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0
 	github.com/containerd/fifo v1.0.0
 	github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.2
diff --git a/vendor.sum b/vendor.sum
index 46cdfa2710..35b4c13f9e 100644
--- a/vendor.sum
+++ b/vendor.sum
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.1/go.mod h1:0DOxVqwDy2iZvrZp2JUx/E+hS0UNTV
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.7/go.mod h1:gyvv6+ugqY25TiXxcZC3L5yOeYgEw0QMhscqVp1AR9c=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8/go.mod h1:YdFSv5bTFLpG2HIYmfqDpSYYTDX+mc5qtSuYx1YUb/s=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1/go.mod h1:1nJz5xCZPusx6jJU8Frfct988y0NpumIq9ODB0kLtoE=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.7 h1:IVikHEHEMZ5SXpUa80tNGNIV7fBigjp+sOcrlzAkPCc=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.7/go.mod h1:By6p5KqPK0/7/CgO/A6t/Gz+CUYUu2zf1hUaaymVXB0=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8 h1:h4dOFDwzHmqFEP754PgfgTeVXFnLiRc6kiqC7tplDJs=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8/go.mod h1:By6p5KqPK0/7/CgO/A6t/Gz+CUYUu2zf1hUaaymVXB0=
 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=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/containerd/version/version.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/containerd/version/version.go
index 6cefa536a8..a4156cb7a6 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/containerd/version/version.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/containerd/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "1.6.7+unknown"
+	Version = "1.6.8+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 821c3037ab..f06e70f5ac 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups/v2/stats
 # github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/containerd/console
-# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.7
+# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 github.com/containerd/containerd
 github.com/containerd/containerd/api/events