diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index effa368861..6ebee35f83 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.8 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.16 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.16
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect