diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index 10b2b5e9d..88acb8807 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd 48702e0da86bd25e76cfef347e2adeb434a0d0a6
-github.com/containerd/go-runc ba22f6a82e52be3be4eb4a00000fe816f4b41c2e
+github.com/containerd/go-runc b3c048c028ddd789c6f9510c597f8b9c62f25359
 github.com/containerd/console 76d18fd1d66972718ab2284449591db0b3cdb4de
 github.com/containerd/cgroups e6d1aa8c71c6103624b2c6e6f4be0863b67027f1
 github.com/docker/go-metrics 8fd5772bf1584597834c6f7961a530f06cbfbb87
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go
index d8ae4eec0..4cd402aa7 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ func (r *Runc) Exec(context context.Context, id string, spec specs.Process, opts
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	_, err = Monitor.Wait(cmd, ec)
+	status, err := Monitor.Wait(cmd, ec)
+	if err == nil && status != 0 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%s did not terminate sucessfully", cmd.Args[0])
+	}
 	return err
 }