diff --git a/src/go/guestagent/go.mod b/src/go/guestagent/go.mod
index 57d8c2cb2b8..ed1ced99cad 100644
--- a/src/go/guestagent/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/guestagent/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.2
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/log-go v1.0.0
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.28
-	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.9.0
+	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.10.0
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.8.0
 	github.com/containers/gvisor-tap-vsock v0.8.7
 	github.com/docker/docker v28.5.1+incompatible
diff --git a/src/go/guestagent/go.sum b/src/go/guestagent/go.sum
index 1b0cbffdb51..c3bf13b17e1 100644
--- a/src/go/guestagent/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/guestagent/go.sum
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.3 h1:S5ByHZ/h9PMe5IOQoN7E+nMc2UcLEM/V48DGD
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.3/go.mod h1:8HBe7V3aWGLFPd/k03swSIsGjZhHI2WzJmticMgVuz0=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.28 h1:Nsgm1AtcmEh4AHAJ4gGlNSaKgXiNccU270Dnf81FQ3c=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.28/go.mod h1:azUkWcOvHrWvaiUjSQH0fjzuHIwSPg1WL5PshGP4Szs=
-github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.9.0 h1:HZ/licowTRazus+wt9fM6r/9BQO7S0vD5lMcWspGIg0=
-github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.9.0/go.mod h1:GhghKFmTR3hNtyznBoQ0EMWr9ju5AqHjcZPsSpTKutI=
+github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.10.0 h1:5n0oHYVBwN4VhoX9fFykCV9dF1/BvAXeg2F8W6UYq1o=
+github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.10.0/go.mod h1:NBm1OAk8ZL+LG8R0ceObGxT5hbUYj7CzTmR3xh0DlMM=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.5 h1:ZRoN1sXq9u7V6QoHMcVWGhOwDFqZ4B9i5H6un1Wh0x4=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.5/go.mod h1:/lNJvtJKUQStBzpVQ1+rasXO1LAWtUQssk28EZvJ3nE=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0 h1:FSZgGOeK4yuT/+DnF07/Olde/q4KBoMsaamhXxIMDp4=