diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 20fded293a..339c67ca31 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.29
-	github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.0
+	github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.1
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v0.9.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.4.5
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f68319a1bf..766c655783 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMn
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa/go.mod h1:zn76sxSg3SzpJ0PPJaLDCu+Bu0Lg3sKTORVIj19EIF8=
-github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.0 h1:BT9lpgGoH4jw3lFC7Odz2prU5ruiYKcgAjMCbgybcKI=
 github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.0/go.mod h1:LGwApLUm2FpoOfxTDEeq8T9ipbpZ61X79hmU3w8FmsY=
+github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.1 h1:7zpDnQ3T3s4ucOuJ/ZCLrYBxzkg0AELFfII3Epo9TmI=
+github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.1/go.mod h1:LGwApLUm2FpoOfxTDEeq8T9ipbpZ61X79hmU3w8FmsY=
 github.com/containernetworking/plugins v0.9.0 h1:c+1gegKhR7+d0Caum9pEHugZlyhXPOG6v3V6xJgIGCI=
 github.com/containernetworking/plugins v0.9.0/go.mod h1:dbWv4dI0QrBGuVgj+TuVQ6wJRZVOhrCQj91YyC92sxg=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=