diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d8b02ac7d05..d28122e8127 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.3
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.31
-	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.5.1
 	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.1.1
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 95497671296..f14316592fd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 h1:1Lwwip6Q2QGsAdl/ZKPCwTe9fe0CjlUbqj5bFNS
 github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2/go.mod h1:y+wnP2cHYaVj19NZhYKAwEMH2CI1gNHeQQ+5AjwawxA=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.31 h1:jn3IMuTV4Bb1Uwb0MFPW2ASJAD3W1lh6QqqZHIZwDh4=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.31/go.mod h1:jdwD6s/BhV4XVJGrvtziNPVA+83n66TwptVaPKprq4E=
-github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:j25kDy9P48/ngb1sxWIFfK6GsnqOHoSqo1EpAod20VQ=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 h1:tg5yIfIlQIrxYtu9ajqY42W3lpS19XqdxRQeEwYG8PI=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:+YBYIdtsnF4Iw6nWZhJcqGSg/dwvV7tyJ/kCkyJ2k+M=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=