diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c09585473..b592c1f9d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.4
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.17
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18
 	github.com/docker/cli v26.1.3+incompatible
 	github.com/gardener/component-cli v0.44.0
 	github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.98
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v1.6.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 939ac9c55..5ed6f1f90 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.3 h1:S5ByHZ/h9PMe5IOQoN7E+nMc2UcLEM/V48DGD
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.3/go.mod h1:8HBe7V3aWGLFPd/k03swSIsGjZhHI2WzJmticMgVuz0=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.17 h1:KjNnn0+tAVQHAoaWRjmdak9WlvnFR/8rU1CHHy8Rm2A=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.17/go.mod h1:vK+hhT4TIv2uejlcDlbVIc8+h/BqtKLIyNrtCZol8lI=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18 h1:jqjZTQNfXGoEaZdW1WwPU0RqSn1Bm2Ay/KJPUuO8nao=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18/go.mod h1:IYEk9/IO6wAPUz2bCMVUbsfXjzw5UNP5fLz4PsUygQ4=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.2 h1:v3y/4Yz5jwnvqPKJJ+7Wf93fyWoCB3F5EclWG023MDM=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.2/go.mod h1:F6PTNCKepoxEaXLQp3wDAjygEnImnZ/7o4JzpodfroQ=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.1.0 h1:m0wCRBiu1WJT/Fr+iOoQHMQS/eP5myQ8lCv4Dz5ZURM=