diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b7a8aa29f..4423a9354 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/go-runc v1.1.0
 	github.com/containerd/imgcrypt v1.2.0-rc1
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0
-	github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.2-0.20241010080438-159f5754db39
+	github.com/containerd/nri v0.7.0
 	github.com/containerd/otelttrpc v0.0.0-20240305015340-ea5083fda723
 	github.com/containerd/platforms v0.2.1
 	github.com/containerd/plugin v0.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 684a14f28..56248c2e6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -687,8 +687,8 @@ github.com/containerd/imgcrypt v1.2.0-rc1 h1:XESaAcMqxrGlRjQIqLdzxqsO/ddNK4vwfe7
 github.com/containerd/imgcrypt v1.2.0-rc1/go.mod h1:F9roK2DzKlFnV+h+ZJy/r2FoS28bIvxKgdcoV7o8Sms=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
-github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.2-0.20241010080438-159f5754db39 h1:M2Cz4Bm2++xdq0A/zWqunOjnp0HNYQnNDNSSzqCmqnE=
-github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.2-0.20241010080438-159f5754db39/go.mod h1:uSkgBrCdEtAiEz4vnrq8gmAC4EnVAM5Klt0OuK5rZYQ=
+github.com/containerd/nri v0.7.0 h1:scGL9JiBqNaWnghLFFPOzp0GxxWAc1uQtQ7qx8PHdCs=
+github.com/containerd/nri v0.7.0/go.mod h1:uSkgBrCdEtAiEz4vnrq8gmAC4EnVAM5Klt0OuK5rZYQ=
 github.com/containerd/otelttrpc v0.0.0-20240305015340-ea5083fda723 h1:swk9KxrmARZjSMrHc1Lzb39XhcDwAhYpqkBhinCFLCQ=
 github.com/containerd/otelttrpc v0.0.0-20240305015340-ea5083fda723/go.mod h1:ZKzztepTSz/LKtbUSzfBNVwgqBEPABVZV9PQF/l53+Q=
 github.com/containerd/platforms v0.2.1 h1:zvwtM3rz2YHPQsF2CHYM8+KtB5dvhISiXh5ZpSBQv6A=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/runtime-tools/generate/generate.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/runtime-tools/generate/generate.go
index 40ed98fa8..cd2bc2878 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/runtime-tools/generate/generate.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/runtime-tools/generate/generate.go
@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ func (g *Generator) AdjustCgroupsPath(path string) {
 func (g *Generator) AdjustOomScoreAdj(score *nri.OptionalInt) {
 	if score != nil {
 		g.SetProcessOOMScoreAdj(int(score.Value))
-	} else {
-		g.SetProcessOOMScoreAdj(0)
-		g.Config.Process.OOMScoreAdj = nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 05c1dca1e..a2775eea3 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ github.com/containerd/imgcrypt/images/encryption
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/containerd/log
 github.com/containerd/log/logtest
-# github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.2-0.20241010080438-159f5754db39
+# github.com/containerd/nri v0.7.0
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 github.com/containerd/nri
 github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/adaptation