diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d0c87db7..cf5d52f1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.4.16 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.14 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.3
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.4
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20201208142359-180525291bb7 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.5+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/distribution v0.0.0-20191216044856-a8371794149d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a7ed028f..53a1bdbb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups v0.0.0-20200531161412-0dbf7f05ba59 h1:qWj4qVYZ95vL
 github.com/containerd/cgroups v0.0.0-20200531161412-0dbf7f05ba59/go.mod h1:pA0z1pT8KYB3TCXK/ocprsh7MAkoW8bZVzPdih9snmM=
 github.com/containerd/console v0.0.0-20180822173158-c12b1e7919c1/go.mod h1:Tj/on1eG8kiEhd0+fhSDzsPAFESxzBBvdyEgyryXffw=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.3.2/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.3 h1:ijQT13JedHSHrQGWFcGEwzcNKrAGIiZ+jSD5QQG07SY=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.3/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.4 h1:rtRG4N6Ct7GNssATwgpvMGfnjnwfjnu/Zs9W3Ikzq+M=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.4/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190426062206-aaeac12a7ffc/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20201208142359-180525291bb7 h1:6ejg6Lkk8dskcM7wQ28gONkukbQkM4qpj4RnYbpFzrI=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20201208142359-180525291bb7/go.mod h1:kR3BEg7bDFaEddKm54WSmrol1fKWDU1nKYkgrcgZT7Y=