diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
index 2370eda34b64..3ff03781732b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "containerd";
-  version = "1.7.7";
+  version = "1.7.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "containerd";
     repo = "containerd";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-5Tw7xltrsp+yGrdJ0O4MoFUvIaEiCQpMip5X1kfV/iM=";
+    hash = "sha256-p16qHJD0i0ZNEFGEbfmbxiedX9/uHkZxhCeB3x/5iLM=";
   };
 
   vendorHash = null;