diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b401d2f3f..4ae0455bc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/go-cni v1.1.9
 	github.com/containerd/go-runc v1.1.0
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0
-	github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.0
+	github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.1
 	github.com/containerd/platforms v0.1.1
 	github.com/containerd/plugin v0.1.0
 	github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f8c62825a..619b81341 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ github.com/containerd/go-runc v1.1.0 h1:OX4f+/i2y5sUT7LhmcJH7GYrjjhHa1QI4e8yO0gG
 github.com/containerd/go-runc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:xJv2hFF7GvHtTJd9JqTS2UVxMkULUYw4JN5XAUZqH5U=
 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 v0.6.0 h1:hdztxwL0gCS1CrCa9bvD1SoJiFN4jBuRQhplCvCPMj8=
-github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.0/go.mod h1:F7OZfO4QTPqw5r87aq+syZJwiVvRYLIlHZiZDBV1W3A=
+github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.1 h1:xSQ6elnQ4Ynidm9u49ARK9wRKHs80HCUI+bkXOxV4mA=
+github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.1/go.mod h1:7+sX3wNx+LR7RzhjnJiUkFDhn18P5Bg/0VnJ/uXpRJM=
 github.com/containerd/platforms v0.1.1 h1:gp0xXBoY+1CjH54gJDon0kBjIbK2C4XSX1BGwP5ptG0=
 github.com/containerd/platforms v0.1.1/go.mod h1:XOM2BS6kN6gXafPLg80V6y/QUib+xoLyC3qVmHzibko=
 github.com/containerd/plugin v0.1.0 h1:CYMyZk9beRAIe1FEKItbMLLAz/z16aXrGc+B+nv0fU4=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go
index 141cb85be..9201e6411 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/adaptation/adaptation.go
@@ -431,18 +431,16 @@ func (r *Adaptation) acceptPluginConnections(l net.Listener) error {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			r.Lock()
-
 			err = r.syncFn(ctx, p.synchronize)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Infof(ctx, "failed to synchronize plugin: %v", err)
 			} else {
+				r.Lock()
 				r.plugins = append(r.plugins, p)
 				r.sortPlugins()
+				r.Unlock()
 			}
 
-			r.Unlock()
-
 			log.Infof(ctx, "plugin %q connected", p.name())
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index facb48044..0e600779d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ github.com/containerd/go-runc
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/containerd/log
 github.com/containerd/log/logtest
-# github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.0
+# github.com/containerd/nri v0.6.1
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 github.com/containerd/nri
 github.com/containerd/nri/pkg/adaptation