diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 148901748..03f35ab7b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/btrfs v1.0.0
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.2
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3
-	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v0.0.0
+	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.6.0-beta.1
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.2.0
 	github.com/containerd/fifo v1.0.0
 	github.com/containerd/go-cni v1.0.2
diff --git a/integration/client/go.mod b/integration/client/go.mod
index 6833546ef..07a437d6e 100644
--- a/integration/client/go.mod
+++ b/integration/client/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.2
 	// the actual version of containerd is replaced with the code at the root of this repository
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.7
-	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v0.0.0
+	github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.6.0-beta.1
 	github.com/containerd/go-runc v1.0.0
 	github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.0.2
 	github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.2
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index aae08151c..309cbf8de 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups/v2/stats
 # github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3
 ## explicit
 github.com/containerd/console
-# github.com/containerd/containerd/api v0.0.0 => ./api
+# github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.6.0-beta.1 => ./api
 ## explicit
 github.com/containerd/containerd/api/events
 github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/containers/v1