diff --git a/integration/client/go.mod b/integration/client/go.mod
index 5106def40..6c9066732 100644
--- a/integration/client/go.mod
+++ b/integration/client/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.10.0-rc.1
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/test v0.0.0-20210408205431-da33ecd607e1
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.0-20221112182753-e8802a182774
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.2 // see replace; the actual version of containerd is replaced with the code at the root of this repository
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.0-beta.0 // see replace; the actual version of containerd is replaced with the code at the root of this repository
 	github.com/containerd/go-runc v1.0.0
 	github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.1.1-0.20220420014843-944ef4a40df3
 	github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.3-0.20220422153119-7f6e6d160d67