diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1e8c65e7743..16e9a0c81b0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
-	github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.0
+	github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.1
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf => github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 	github.com/golangplus/testing => github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e
 	github.com/google/btree => github.com/google/btree v1.0.1
-	github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.0
+	github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.1
 	github.com/google/cel-go => github.com/google/cel-go v0.10.1
 	github.com/google/cel-spec => github.com/google/cel-spec v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/gnostic => github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 58d6202aeed..49c547ebf4d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e h1:KhcknUwkWHKZ
 github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e/go.mod h1:0AA//k/eakGydO4jKRoRL2j92ZKSzTgj9tclaCrvXHk=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.1 h1:gK4Kx5IaGY9CD5sPJ36FHiBJ6ZXl0kilRiiCj+jdYp4=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.1/go.mod h1:xXMiIv4Fb/0kKde4SpL7qlzvu5cMJDRkFDxJfI9uaxA=
-github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.0 h1:523mBK94XHKAsU1TIQl/tYoPyYpWQdalf2CQ8Gv2Xek=
-github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.0/go.mod h1:GQ9KQfz0iNHQk3D6ftzJWK4TXabfIgM10Oy3FkR+Gzg=
+github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.1 h1:hsAxDZOY+5xSCXH12d/G9cxYTfP+32cMT3J7aatrgDY=
+github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.1/go.mod h1:GQ9KQfz0iNHQk3D6ftzJWK4TXabfIgM10Oy3FkR+Gzg=
 github.com/google/cel-go v0.10.1 h1:MQBGSZGnDwh7T/un+mzGKOMz3x+4E/GDPprWjDL+1Jg=
 github.com/google/cel-go v0.10.1/go.mod h1:U7ayypeSkw23szu4GaQTPJGx66c20mx8JklMSxrmI1w=
 github.com/google/cel-spec v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Nwjgxy5CbjlPrtCWjeDjUyKMl8w41YBYGjsyDdqk0xA=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/client.go b/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/client.go
index 02fd8ce782d..c4921a5b7a5 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/client.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/client.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package containerd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	containersapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/containers/v1"
 	tasksapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/tasks/v1"
 	versionapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/version/v1"
+	tasktypes "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
 	ptypes "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/containers"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/errdefs"
@@ -44,6 +46,10 @@ type ContainerdClient interface {
 	Version(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
 }
 
+var (
+	ErrTaskIsInUnknownState = errors.New("containerd task is in unknown state") // used when process reported in containerd task is in Unknown State
+)
+
 var once sync.Once
 var ctrdClient ContainerdClient = nil
 
@@ -114,6 +120,9 @@ func (c *client) TaskPid(ctx context.Context, id string) (uint32, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, errdefs.FromGRPC(err)
 	}
+	if response.Process.Status == tasktypes.StatusUnknown {
+		return 0, ErrTaskIsInUnknownState
+	}
 	return response.Process.Pid, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/handler.go b/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/handler.go
index 0fc88035420..848550ec6eb 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/handler.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/container/containerd/handler.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package containerd
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -101,10 +102,14 @@ func newContainerdContainerHandler(
 		if err == nil {
 			break
 		}
-		retry--
-		if !errdefs.IsNotFound(err) || retry == 0 {
+
+		// Retry when task is not created yet or task is in unknown state (likely in process of initializing)
+		isRetriableError := errdefs.IsNotFound(err) || errors.Is(err, ErrTaskIsInUnknownState)
+		if !isRetriableError || retry == 0 {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+
+		retry--
 		time.Sleep(backoff)
 		backoff *= 2
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index b99d78b17e5..f3860c0c9ff 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp
 github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/wrappers
 # github.com/google/btree v1.0.1 => github.com/google/btree v1.0.1
 github.com/google/btree
-# github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.0 => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.0
+# github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.1 => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.1
 ## explicit
 github.com/google/cadvisor/accelerators
 github.com/google/cadvisor/cache/memory
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/yaml
 # github.com/golang/protobuf => github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 # github.com/golangplus/testing => github.com/golangplus/testing v0.0.0-20180327235837-af21d9c3145e
 # github.com/google/btree => github.com/google/btree v1.0.1
-# github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.0
+# github.com/google/cadvisor => github.com/google/cadvisor v0.44.1
 # github.com/google/cel-go => github.com/google/cel-go v0.10.1
 # github.com/google/cel-spec => github.com/google/cel-spec v0.6.0
 # github.com/google/gnostic => github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs