diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b47dff8fae1..c369ed5c7ab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.4
 	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.8.0-rc.4
 	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 v2.0.0-rc.6
-	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.3
+	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.4
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0
 	github.com/containerd/fifo v1.1.0
 	github.com/containerd/go-cni v1.1.10
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 583d51bb357..0d4a8ed5445 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.8.0-rc.4 h1:Z650GHP0OxsoTwwii5U2hyTt7eCR
 github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.8.0-rc.4/go.mod h1:dFv4lt6S20wTu/hMcP4350RL87qPWLVa/OHOwmmdnYc=
 github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 v2.0.0-rc.6 h1:uIUmoiXH770KCkTzzqksSpQg7JZ4tC0eM2qXm5EAuwI=
 github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 v2.0.0-rc.6/go.mod h1:O+llF4jv6jUxQC6J44UMzpeKI30yhdwkcsL7kUlCyek=
-github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.3 h1:6HVkalIp+2u1ZLH1J/pYX2oBVXlJZvh1X1A7bEZ9Su8=
-github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.3/go.mod h1:F6PTNCKepoxEaXLQp3wDAjygEnImnZ/7o4JzpodfroQ=
+github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.4 h1:/fNVfTJ7wIl/YPMHjf+5H32uFhl63JucB34PlCpMKII=
+github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.4/go.mod h1:/lNJvtJKUQStBzpVQ1+rasXO1LAWtUQssk28EZvJ3nE=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0 h1:FSZgGOeK4yuT/+DnF07/Olde/q4KBoMsaamhXxIMDp4=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0/go.mod h1:+YBYIdtsnF4Iw6nWZhJcqGSg/dwvV7tyJ/kCkyJ2k+M=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0 h1:9IKJ06FvyNlexW690DXuQNx2KA2cUJXx151Xdx3ZPPE=