diff --git a/agent/go.mod b/agent/go.mod
index 8e2e5fef1..6b0baf1cf 100644
--- a/agent/go.mod
+++ b/agent/go.mod
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/beevik/etree v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v0.0.0-20160711120539-c6fed771bfd5 // indirect
 	github.com/chanced/dynamic v0.0.0-20211210164248-f8fadb1d735b // indirect
-	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20210407135951-1de76d718b3f // indirect
diff --git a/agent/go.sum b/agent/go.sum
index 9e2e1563c..7dbf5558a 100644
--- a/agent/go.sum
+++ b/agent/go.sum
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ github.com/chanced/openapi v0.0.8/go.mod h1:SxE2VMLPw+T7Vq8nwbVVhDF2PigvRF4n5Xyq
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.0 h1:2V6KSg3FRADVU2BMIRemZ0hV+9OM+aAHhZDjQyjJTAs=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.0/go.mod h1:f5zLIM0FSNuAkSyLAN7X+Hy6yznlF1mNiWUMfxMtrgk=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.1 h1:bLSSEbBLqGPXxls55pGr5qWZaTqcmfDJHhou7t254ao=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.1/go.mod h1:f5zLIM0FSNuAkSyLAN7X+Hy6yznlF1mNiWUMfxMtrgk=
 github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics v2.3.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:nmEj6Dob7S7YxXgwXpfOuvO54S+tGdZdw9fuRZt25Ag=
 github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:kMXHVDlOchFAehlya5ePtbp5jckzBHf4XRpQvBOLI+I=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
diff --git a/tap/go.mod b/tap/go.mod
index 23cee8a50..58cc0f7bc 100644
--- a/tap/go.mod
+++ b/tap/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0
-	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.0
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.1
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2
 	github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.19
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4
diff --git a/tap/go.sum b/tap/go.sum
index dd4f9124c..65388ee40 100644
--- a/tap/go.sum
+++ b/tap/go.sum
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbt
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.0 h1:2V6KSg3FRADVU2BMIRemZ0hV+9OM+aAHhZDjQyjJTAs=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.0/go.mod h1:f5zLIM0FSNuAkSyLAN7X+Hy6yznlF1mNiWUMfxMtrgk=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.1 h1:bLSSEbBLqGPXxls55pGr5qWZaTqcmfDJHhou7t254ao=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.8.1/go.mod h1:f5zLIM0FSNuAkSyLAN7X+Hy6yznlF1mNiWUMfxMtrgk=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=