diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 1a3ed2f9e4..fd7ea6b329 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
   revision = "35a8fd3ca9a36461b7dcf24e3b292f6e1ea4e71a"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:eaa44c90711ae244bae3ef4239edc720bbbd7dfc754bfdbd12407bdaf14d6777"
+  digest = "1:36dfd4701e98a9d8371dd3053e32d4f29e82b07bcc9e655db82138f9273bcb0f"
   name = "github.com/kata-containers/agent"
   packages = [
     "pkg/types",
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
     "protocols/grpc",
   ]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "17192be88b2725b0e7f482a8b7616935e1b1ddf4"
+  revision = "48dd1c031530fce9bf16b0f6a7305979cedd8fc9"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:04054595e5c5a35d1553a7f3464d18577caf597445d643992998643df56d4afd"
@@ -425,11 +425,11 @@
   revision = "6243d8e04c3f819e79757e8bc3faa15c3cb27003"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:0159dcdabe50788e5dcfb469521f8f8dcd362db3ab6b465b99a3d33a90726fc0"
+  digest = "1:f3e11773cc8a305f97b42c276f62d92899c9b0c1c3c584a667149b18f18a530a"
   name = "github.com/mdlayher/vsock"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "738c88d6e4cfd60e8124a5344fa10d205fd828b9"
+  revision = "676f733b747cd6406f297a51bd086ee8ec8abdbe"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:6a65dcd0d14fc0595ee982afc3c59deb5b769ca374455c80c649d92f8a152930"
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index bd41625d3c..803d5092c3 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/kata-containers/agent"
-  revision = "17192be88b2725b0e7f482a8b7616935e1b1ddf4"
+  revision = "48dd1c031530fce9bf16b0f6a7305979cedd8fc9"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/containerd/cri-containerd"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kata-containers/agent/pkg/types/types.pb.go b/vendor/github.com/kata-containers/agent/pkg/types/types.pb.go
index 779eee10b1..7ea63e3c0e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/kata-containers/agent/pkg/types/types.pb.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/kata-containers/agent/pkg/types/types.pb.go
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ type Interface struct {
 	// The expected values are the one that are defined by the netlink
 	// library, regarding each type of link. Here is a non exhaustive
 	// list: "veth", "macvtap", "vlan", "macvlan", "tap", ...
-	Type string `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=type,proto3" json:"type,omitempty"`
+	Type     string `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=type,proto3" json:"type,omitempty"`
+	RawFlags uint32 `protobuf:"varint,8,opt,name=raw_flags,json=rawFlags,proto3" json:"raw_flags,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *Interface) Reset()                    { *m = Interface{} }
@@ -155,6 +156,13 @@ func (m *Interface) GetType() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (m *Interface) GetRawFlags() uint32 {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.RawFlags
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 type Route struct {
 	Dest    string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=dest,proto3" json:"dest,omitempty"`
 	Gateway string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=gateway,proto3" json:"gateway,omitempty"`
@@ -306,6 +314,11 @@ func (m *Interface) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 		i = encodeVarintTypes(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.Type)))
 		i += copy(dAtA[i:], m.Type)
 	}
+	if m.RawFlags != 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0x40
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintTypes(dAtA, i, uint64(m.RawFlags))
+	}
 	return i, nil
 }
 
@@ -414,6 +427,9 @@ func (m *Interface) Size() (n int) {
 	if l > 0 {
 		n += 1 + l + sovTypes(uint64(l))
 	}
+	if m.RawFlags != 0 {
+		n += 1 + sovTypes(uint64(m.RawFlags))
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -806,6 +822,25 @@ func (m *Interface) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			}
 			m.Type = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 8:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field RawFlags", wireType)
+			}
+			m.RawFlags = 0
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowTypes
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				m.RawFlags |= (uint32(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipTypes(dAtA[iNdEx:])
@@ -1120,26 +1155,27 @@ var (
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("pkg/types/types.proto", fileDescriptorTypes) }
 
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diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 0eefca10b6..e5f2844be2 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -1789,6 +1789,7 @@ func (k *kataAgent) convertToKataAgentInterface(iface *vcTypes.Interface) *aType
 		Name:        iface.Name,
 		IPAddresses: k.convertToKataAgentIPAddresses(iface.IPAddresses),
 		Mtu:         iface.Mtu,
+		RawFlags:    iface.RawFlags,
 		HwAddr:      iface.HwAddr,
 		PciAddr:     iface.PciAddr,
 	}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/network.go b/virtcontainers/network.go
index 511a18ca35..ff7dd26935 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/network.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/network.go
@@ -1143,11 +1143,13 @@ func generateInterfacesAndRoutes(networkNS NetworkNamespace) ([]*vcTypes.Interfa
 			}
 			ipAddresses = append(ipAddresses, &ipAddress)
 		}
+		noarp := endpoint.Properties().Iface.RawFlags & unix.IFF_NOARP
 		ifc := vcTypes.Interface{
 			IPAddresses: ipAddresses,
 			Device:      endpoint.Name(),
 			Name:        endpoint.Name(),
 			Mtu:         uint64(endpoint.Properties().Iface.MTU),
+			RawFlags:    noarp,
 			HwAddr:      endpoint.HardwareAddr(),
 			PciAddr:     endpoint.PciAddr(),
 		}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/types/types.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/types/types.go
index 9fd0b201a4..0d4a9cfa13 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Interface struct {
 	Name        string
 	IPAddresses []*IPAddress
 	Mtu         uint64
+	RawFlags    uint32
 	HwAddr      string
 	// pciAddr is the PCI address in the format  "bridgeAddr/deviceAddr".
 	// Here, bridgeAddr is the address at which the bridge is attached on the root bus,