diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eba034cb..53acc8c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/containers/skopeo
 go 1.12
 
 require (
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/containers/common v0.46.1-0.20211026130826-7abfd453c86f
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.17.1-0.20211129144953-4f6d0b45be6c
 	github.com/containers/ocicrypt v1.1.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 12d3d089..bb0f1ca8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:V/IXoMqNGgBlabz3tHD2TWDoT
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.1/go.mod h1:0DOxVqwDy2iZvrZp2JUx/E+hS0UNTVn7dJnIOwtYR4g=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.4/go.mod h1:sx18RgvW6ABJ4iYUw7Q5x7bgFOAB9B6G7+yO0XBc4zw=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.7/go.mod h1:gyvv6+ugqY25TiXxcZC3L5yOeYgEw0QMhscqVp1AR9c=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8 h1:NmkCC1/QxyZFBny8JogwLpOy2f+VEbO/f6bV2Mqtwuw=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8/go.mod h1:YdFSv5bTFLpG2HIYmfqDpSYYTDX+mc5qtSuYx1YUb/s=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.9 h1:rs6Xg1gtIxaeyG+Smsb/0xaSDu1VgFhOCKBXxMxbsF4=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.9/go.mod h1:fvQqCfadDGga5HZyn3j4+dx56qj2I9YwBrlSdalvJYQ=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190426062206-aaeac12a7ffc/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190815185530-f2a389ac0a02/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20191127005431-f65d91d395eb/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3I
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BtxoFyWECRxE4U/7sNtV5W15zMzWCbyJoFRP3s7yZA0=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1/go.mod h1:BtxoFyWECRxE4U/7sNtV5W15zMzWCbyJoFRP3s7yZA0=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2-0.20210819154149-5ad6f50d6283/go.mod h1:BtxoFyWECRxE4U/7sNtV5W15zMzWCbyJoFRP3s7yZA0=
+github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2/go.mod h1:BtxoFyWECRxE4U/7sNtV5W15zMzWCbyJoFRP3s7yZA0=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.3-0.20211202193544-a5463b7f9c84 h1:g47eG1u/gw0JB7mZ88TcHKCmsy7sWUNZD8ZS9Jhi0O8=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.3-0.20211202193544-a5463b7f9c84/go.mod h1:Qnt1q4cjDNQI9bT832ziho5Iw2BhK8o1KwLOwW56VP4=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-tools v1.0.0-rc3 h1:ZR837lBIxq6mmwEqfYrbLMuf75eBSHhccVHy6lsBeM4=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 21b29040..db88bd55 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks/quantile
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2
 # github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.1
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/stats/v1
-# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8
+# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.9
 github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs
 github.com/containerd/containerd/log
 github.com/containerd/containerd/platforms