diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8b0ca3ab97e..ddedc82fc6e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs v0.3.1-0.20220720053627-e327d0730470 // Waiting for https://github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs/pull/43/files to merge
 	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.14.0
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.7
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.8
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.10.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.16.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 709402edaaa..06e67a45481 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-beta.3/go.mod h1:/wr9AVtEM7x9c+n0+stptlo
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-beta.4/go.mod h1:GmdgZd2zA2GYIBZ0w09ZvgqEq8EfBp/m3lcVZIvPHhI=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:V/IXoMqNGgBlabz3tHD2TWDoTJseu1FGOKuoA4nNb2s=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.2/go.mod h1:0DOxVqwDy2iZvrZp2JUx/E+hS0UNTVn7dJnIOwtYR4g=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.7 h1:QOC2K4A42RQpcrZyptP6z9EJZnlHfHJUfZrAAHe15q4=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.7/go.mod h1:3c4XZv6VeT9qgf9GMTxNTMFxGJrGpI2vz1yk4ye+YY8=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.8 h1:RkwgOW3AVUT3H/dyT0W03Dc8AzlpMG65lX48KftOFSM=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.8/go.mod h1:L/Hn9qylJtUFT7cPeM0Sr3fATj+WjHwRQ0lyrYk3OPY=
 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/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 3923e49daa7..22c9547c6f4 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ github.com/cloudflare/circl/math/mlsbset
 github.com/cloudflare/circl/sign
 github.com/cloudflare/circl/sign/ed25519
 github.com/cloudflare/circl/sign/ed448
-# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.7
+# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.8
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs
 github.com/containerd/containerd/log