diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0a031928a..015a29d81 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.8
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1
-	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.0
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1
 	github.com/smartystreets/goconvey v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bb81e2f96..e5e87e5d2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1 h1:Cwbd75ZBPxFSuZ6T+rN/WCb/gOc6YgFBXLlZLhC7Ds4=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.0 h1:qke7ZVCmJcKrJVY2iHJVC+0kql9uYdkusOPsQOOeBw4=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/PXzF0h531HTMsYQnmxXkBD7YaGShm/2zcRB79dksUc=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1 h1:mQkmeFSUxqFaVmvIn1VQPeQIKpHFya5R07aJw0DKQa8=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1/go.mod h1:/PXzF0h531HTMsYQnmxXkBD7YaGShm/2zcRB79dksUc=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0 h1:z97+pHb3uELt/yiAWD691HNHQIF07bE7dzrbT927iTk=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0 h1:+5Zbo97w3Lbmb3PeqQtpmTkMwsW5nRI3YaLpt7tQ7oU=