diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c5fd1e8e29..c56dc2ca89 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ RUN git init . && git remote add origin "https://github.com/containerd/container
 # When updating the binary version you may also need to update the vendor
 # version to pick up bug fixes or new APIs, however, usually the Go packages
 # are built from a commit from the master branch.
-ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v1.6.22
+ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v1.6.27
 RUN git fetch -q --depth 1 origin "${CONTAINERD_VERSION}" +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* && git checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
 
 FROM base AS containerd-build