diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a1ee1f73..c991e5d6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/containers/skopeo
 go 1.12
 
 require (
-	github.com/containers/common v0.40.0
+	github.com/containers/common v0.40.1
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.13.2
 	github.com/containers/ocicrypt v1.1.1
 	github.com/containers/storage v1.32.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a77dc26..529b12ab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -198,9 +198,8 @@ github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.0/go.mod h1:LGwApLUm2FpoOfxTDEeq8T9ipbpZ
 github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.1/go.mod h1:LGwApLUm2FpoOfxTDEeq8T9ipbpZ61X79hmU3w8FmsY=
 github.com/containernetworking/plugins v0.8.6/go.mod h1:qnw5mN19D8fIwkqW7oHHYDHVlzhJpcY6TQxn/fUyDDM=
 github.com/containernetworking/plugins v0.9.1/go.mod h1:xP/idU2ldlzN6m4p5LmGiwRDjeJr6FLK6vuiUwoH7P8=
-github.com/containers/common v0.40.0 h1:6Q40GoVS3AI2QZbQPLRDS+K7G61JgHqlqvkOYYAJrOo=
-github.com/containers/common v0.40.0/go.mod h1:qLkP2aIaPfiXJS4u/QSSNkUFEEV+dg5d6GOTKsdlZ7g=
-github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.13.0/go.mod h1:GkWursKDlDcUIT7L7vZf70tADvZCk/Ga0wgS0MuF0ag=
+github.com/containers/common v0.40.1 h1:ehhWdMyglWC1+UWMNSZMeIemJ5wCEGP/0oGlCDg4q7M=
+github.com/containers/common v0.40.1/go.mod h1:X4F+6vmeAWKMMTNHlOBwOnkf5TQAkQACcuNsKjfcodw=
 github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.13.2 h1:AgYunV/9d2fRkrmo23wH2MkqeHolFd6oQCkK+1PpuFA=
 github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.13.2/go.mod h1:GkWursKDlDcUIT7L7vZf70tADvZCk/Ga0wgS0MuF0ag=
 github.com/containers/libtrust v0.0.0-20190913040956-14b96171aa3b h1:Q8ePgVfHDplZ7U33NwHZkrVELsZP5fYj9pM5WBZB2GE=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index ce63552f..76db53a1 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups/stats/v1
 github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs
 github.com/containerd/containerd/log
 github.com/containerd/containerd/platforms
-# github.com/containers/common v0.40.0
+# github.com/containers/common v0.40.1
 github.com/containers/common/pkg/auth
 github.com/containers/common/pkg/capabilities
 github.com/containers/common/pkg/completion