diff --git a/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer b/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
index 8bcda7018f..b2d8f6ec89 100755
--- a/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
+++ b/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # The version of runc should match the version that is used by the containerd
 # version that is used. If you need to update runc, open a pull request in
 # the containerd project first, and update both after that is merged.
-: ${RUNC_COMMIT:=84113eef6fc27af1b01b3181f31bbaf708715301} # v1.0.0
+: ${RUNC_COMMIT:=4144b63817ebcc5b358fc2c8ef95f7cddd709aa7} # v1.0.1
 
 install_runc() {
 	# If using RHEL7 kernels (3.10.0 el7), disable kmem accounting/limiting