diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 71c0d3aa5c0..a82c4242b18 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0
-	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0
+	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3
 	github.com/rootless-containers/bypass4netns v0.4.2
 	github.com/rootless-containers/rootlesskit/v2 v2.3.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 90561896b0e..6a497c98e49 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3I
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 h1:8SG7/vwALn54lVB/0yZ/MMwhFrPYtpEHQb2IpWsCzug=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0/go.mod h1:W4s4sFTMaBeK1BQLXbG4AdM2szdn85PY75RI83NrTrM=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20220825212826-86290f6a00fb/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
-github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0 h1:z97+pHb3uELt/yiAWD691HNHQIF07bE7dzrbT927iTk=
-github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
+github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1 h1:S4k4ryNgEpxW1dzyqffOmhI1BHYcjzU8lpJfSlR0xww=
+github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20221107090550-2e043c6bd626 h1:DmNGcqH3WDbV5k8OJ+esPWbqUOX5rMLR2PMvziDMJi0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20221107090550-2e043c6bd626/go.mod h1:BRHJJd0E+cx42OybVYSgUvZmU0B8P9gZuRXlZUP7TKI=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.9.1/go.mod h1:2i0OySw99QjzBBQByd1Gr9gSjvuho1lHsJxIJ3gGbJI=