diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 01bb93bd112..5d8a8cd846c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.0.0
-	k8s.io/system-validators v1.7.0
+	k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220728103510-ee6ede2d64ed
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver => ./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver
 	k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin => ./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin
 	k8s.io/sample-controller => ./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller
-	k8s.io/system-validators => k8s.io/system-validators v1.7.0
+	k8s.io/system-validators => k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0
 	k8s.io/utils => k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220728103510-ee6ede2d64ed
 	modernc.org/cc => modernc.org/cc v1.0.0
 	modernc.org/golex => modernc.org/golex v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e8b1488b178..85ed9c917bc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.70.1 h1:7aaoSdahviPmR+XkS7FyxlkkXs6tHISSG03RxleQAVQ=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.70.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220803162953-67bda5d908f1 h1:MQ8BAZPZlWk3S9K4a9NCkIFQtZShWqoha7snGixVgEA=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220803162953-67bda5d908f1/go.mod h1:C/N6wCaBHeBHkHUesQOQy2/MZqGgMAFPqGsGQLdbZBU=
-k8s.io/system-validators v1.7.0 h1:tYD3hojdYc58CKtiEsh7BWW6Pg0x6xbclUiwjaIiiYo=
-k8s.io/system-validators v1.7.0/go.mod h1:gP1Ky+R9wtrSiFbrpEPwWMeYz9yqyy1S/KOh0Vci7WI=
+k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0 h1:tq05tdO9zdJZnNF3SXrq6LE7Knc/KfJm5wk68467JDg=
+k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0/go.mod h1:gP1Ky+R9wtrSiFbrpEPwWMeYz9yqyy1S/KOh0Vci7WI=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220728103510-ee6ede2d64ed h1:jAne/RjBTyawwAy0utX5eqigAwz/lQhTmy+Hr/Cpue4=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220728103510-ee6ede2d64ed/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 modernc.org/cc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1Sk4//wdnYJiUIxnW8ddKpaOJCF37yAdqYnkxUpaYxw=
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/system-validators/validators/types_unix.go b/vendor/k8s.io/system-validators/validators/types_unix.go
index 81023124176..b70947fed31 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/system-validators/validators/types_unix.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/system-validators/validators/types_unix.go
@@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ var DefaultSysSpec = SysSpec{
 		// Containerd and cri-o will use blkio to track disk I/O and throttling in both cgroup v1 and v2.
 		"blkio",
 	},
-	CgroupsV2:         []string{"cpu", "cpuset", "devices", "freezer", "memory", "pids"},
-	CgroupsV2Optional: []string{"hugetlb", "blkio"},
+	CgroupsV2: []string{"cpu", "cpuset", "devices", "freezer", "memory", "pids"},
+	CgroupsV2Optional: []string{
+		"hugetlb",
+		// The cgroups v2 io controller is the successor of the v1 blkio controller.
+		"io",
+	},
 	RuntimeSpec: RuntimeSpec{
 		DockerSpec: &DockerSpec{
 			Version:     []string{`1\.1[1-3]\..*`, `17\.0[3,6,9]\..*`, `18\.0[6,9]\..*`, `19\.03\..*`, `20\.10\..*`},
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 37012e648e5..e2abfcd8d3f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi
 k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/registry
 k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/registry/wardle/fischer
 k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/registry/wardle/flunder
-# k8s.io/system-validators v1.7.0 => k8s.io/system-validators v1.7.0
+# k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0 => k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 k8s.io/system-validators/validators
 # k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220728103510-ee6ede2d64ed => k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220728103510-ee6ede2d64ed
@@ -2857,7 +2857,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/yaml
 # k8s.io/sample-apiserver => ./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver
 # k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin => ./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin
 # k8s.io/sample-controller => ./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller
-# k8s.io/system-validators => k8s.io/system-validators v1.7.0
+# k8s.io/system-validators => k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0
 # k8s.io/utils => k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220728103510-ee6ede2d64ed
 # modernc.org/cc => modernc.org/cc v1.0.0
 # modernc.org/golex => modernc.org/golex v1.0.0