diff --git a/UPSTREAM_PROJECTS.yaml b/UPSTREAM_PROJECTS.yaml
index 70f85277cd..9bcb7523e1 100644
--- a/UPSTREAM_PROJECTS.yaml
+++ b/UPSTREAM_PROJECTS.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ projects:
     repos:
       - name: containerd
         versions:
-          - tag: v1.7.14
+          - tag: v1.7.15
             go_version: "1.21"
   - org: distribution
     repos:
diff --git a/projects/containerd/containerd/ATTRIBUTION.txt b/projects/containerd/containerd/ATTRIBUTION.txt
index 09931d9d9e..158584e84d 100644
--- a/projects/containerd/containerd/ATTRIBUTION.txt
+++ b/projects/containerd/containerd/ATTRIBUTION.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ https://github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3
 ** github.com/containerd/console; version v1.0.3 --
 https://github.com/containerd/console
 
-** github.com/containerd/containerd; version v1.7.14 --
+** github.com/containerd/containerd; version v1.7.15 --
 https://github.com/containerd/containerd
 
 ** github.com/containerd/continuity; version v0.4.2 --
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 ------
 
-** github.com/golang/protobuf; version v1.5.3 --
+** github.com/golang/protobuf; version v1.5.4 --
 https://github.com/golang/protobuf
 
 Copyright 2010 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 ------
 
-** google.golang.org/protobuf; version v1.31.0 --
+** google.golang.org/protobuf; version v1.33.0 --
 https://go.googlesource.com/protobuf
 
 Copyright (c) 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
diff --git a/projects/containerd/containerd/CHECKSUMS b/projects/containerd/containerd/CHECKSUMS
index 2bbe8b72b5..c3061662cc 100644
--- a/projects/containerd/containerd/CHECKSUMS
+++ b/projects/containerd/containerd/CHECKSUMS
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-7d402165ea90d53581b12569586ebe202f9b00a75b824aa93587d84cbb326415  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd
-ae56d07271d24139eeb021d55667bcb841282e93f976e4c97afd26be6b71122a  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd-shim
-9db2d6592eec200fb441c5e6562f7a840fdda198b20a2953624f91de93b21036  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd-shim-runc-v1
-744f667fe559118cc82fef0e9fdc51a8554917c76529b60bb01b4eb29527ef74  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd-shim-runc-v2
-eb916bb32ab8041c0c77d79152c6c240f2a183f33f633e8699db8e9df46f16c7  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/ctr
-16baec827ffaca0e10587aa351be7ec8cbd439e1cfe7ad878ff1e6819825b2be  _output/bin/containerd/linux-arm64/containerd
-1401aea94df72a0b75a19b41c56a5468edf0fe21e4ed459d25f6900a38f90944  _output/bin/containerd/linux-arm64/containerd-shim
-dfd3bfa63cc0fae041c4dfe370fcaf97d3f4914e825066d725cf748ad7933e76  _output/bin/containerd/linux-arm64/containerd-shim-runc-v1
-2b83589fd369dd86580ee731b5a6e4adb09581cd4c965fac24458d67c198ae39  _output/bin/containerd/linux-arm64/containerd-shim-runc-v2
-2cdae54a5ea34ec45e6a1dabaabf4b8ec6ada3b26779cd7f0bd19cf54d9fcac5  _output/bin/containerd/linux-arm64/ctr
+5d63cb5c1fa78cf9c3d0bc040dee71853f93fdc35f3b1134ce1bc811564a0486  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd
+fa104860bdb724681b43dcb97b6002983afe9a48b1bbfc3be917aba5d8bb1c5f  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd-shim
+17fb78562d44e6d1fa0800f15c8d78b1eea97ba2182ca6b374766f6455350c72  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd-shim-runc-v1
+d1522f149b6d1e6193bfe55a7bf1078cc1edd4461a92aac14307fed7748e225c  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/containerd-shim-runc-v2
+27fc10021c75015029ebba902a23becde2e73b8fa9694a575ebf4ebadbaeafb0  _output/bin/containerd/linux-amd64/ctr
diff --git a/projects/containerd/containerd/GIT_TAG b/projects/containerd/containerd/GIT_TAG
index 25aa920d90..2af46cc3f3 100644
--- a/projects/containerd/containerd/GIT_TAG
+++ b/projects/containerd/containerd/GIT_TAG
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.7.14
+v1.7.15
diff --git a/projects/containerd/containerd/README.md b/projects/containerd/containerd/README.md
index 98d3174e3e..c3df4c96af 100644
--- a/projects/containerd/containerd/README.md
+++ b/projects/containerd/containerd/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## **containerd**
-![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v1.7.14-blue)
+![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v1.7.15-blue)
 ![Build Status](https://codebuild.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/badges?uuid=eyJlbmNyeXB0ZWREYXRhIjoiTWhoMS9lejNIZmxuZzB2NThxU1N5VXNoVVR3MlNWYVBqajA4M3QwN3BERHRjN3oxSGxCcmk4R3pqVVU0aVVHYVVsRnVReU5pdnRRQ1FGQ2djT0pmbjVzPSIsIml2UGFyYW1ldGVyU3BlYyI6ImpGdnQ4d05CL21Lbjdsa0oiLCJtYXRlcmlhbFNldFNlcmlhbCI6MX0%3D&branch=main)
 
 [containerd](https://github.com/containerd/containerd) is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows. It manages the complete container lifecycle of its host system, from image transfer and storage to container execution and supervision to low-level storage to network attachments and beyond.
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [repo](https://github.com/containerd/containerd) and decide on new version. 
 1. Update the `GIT_TAG` file to have the new desired version based on the upstream release tags.
 1. Compare the old tag to the new, looking specifically for Makefile changes. 
-ex: [1.6.20 compared to 1.6.21](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/compare/v1.6.20...v1.7.14). Check the release [dockerfile](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile)
+ex: [1.6.20 compared to 1.6.21](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/compare/v1.6.20...v1.7.15). Check the release [dockerfile](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile)
 and [Makefile](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/Makefile#L99) for any build flag changes, tag changes, dependencies, etc.
 1. Verify the golang version has not changed. The version specified in the release github [action](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml#L16)
 should be considered the source of truth.