diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 095a9586..71ad1d92 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 
 require (
 	carvel.dev/kapp v0.62.1-0.20240508153820-7d8a03ed7ccf
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.17
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.5.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.12.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 740207d6..3098dba6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7/go.mod h1:sRTcRWXGLrKw6yIGJ+l7amYJFfAXbZG0kBS
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.2 h1:f5WFqIVSgo5IZmtTT3qVBo6TzI1ON6sycSBKkymb9L0=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:JUgITrzdFqp42uI2ryGA+ge0ap/nxzYgkGmIcetmErE=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.17 h1:KjNnn0+tAVQHAoaWRjmdak9WlvnFR/8rU1CHHy8Rm2A=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.17/go.mod h1:vK+hhT4TIv2uejlcDlbVIc8+h/BqtKLIyNrtCZol8lI=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18 h1:jqjZTQNfXGoEaZdW1WwPU0RqSn1Bm2Ay/KJPUuO8nao=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18/go.mod h1:IYEk9/IO6wAPUz2bCMVUbsfXjzw5UNP5fLz4PsUygQ4=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.2 h1:v3y/4Yz5jwnvqPKJJ+7Wf93fyWoCB3F5EclWG023MDM=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.2/go.mod h1:F6PTNCKepoxEaXLQp3wDAjygEnImnZ/7o4JzpodfroQ=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.1.0 h1:m0wCRBiu1WJT/Fr+iOoQHMQS/eP5myQ8lCv4Dz5ZURM=