diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0cc45ec7d..858ef330e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc94
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417
-	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.0
+	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.1
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c13abe6f2..4a6590c56 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417 h1:3
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.0 h1:+77ba4ar4jsCbL1GLbFL8fFM57w6suPfSS9PDLDY7KM=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:RScLhm78qiWa2gbVCcGkC7tCGdgk3ogry1nUQF8Evvo=
+github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.1 h1:yvEZh7CsfnJNwKzG9ZeXwbvR05RAZsu5RS/3vA6qFTA=
+github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:RScLhm78qiWa2gbVCcGkC7tCGdgk3ogry1nUQF8Evvo=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1 h1:1Nf83orprkJyknT6h7zbuEGUEjcyVlCxSUGTENmNCRM=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1/go.mod h1:T2/BmBdy8dvIRq1a/8aqjN41wvWlN4lrapLU/GW4pbc=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/doc.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/doc.go
index 9c9cbd120..0ac7d819e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/doc.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/doc.go
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Package selinux provides a high-level interface for interacting with selinux.
 
-This package uses a selinux build tag to enable the selinux functionality. This
-allows non-linux and linux users who do not have selinux support to still use
-tools that rely on this library.
-
 Usage:
 
 	import "github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go
index 439455511..b3d142d8c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ var ErrIncompatibleLabel = errors.New("Bad SELinux option z and Z can not be use
 // the container.  A list of options can be passed into this function to alter
 // the labels.  The labels returned will include a random MCS String, that is
 // guaranteed to be unique.
+// If the disabled flag is passed in, the process label will not be set, but the mount label will be set
+// to the container_file label with the maximum category. This label is not usable by any confined label.
 func InitLabels(options []string) (plabel string, mlabel string, retErr error) {
 	if !selinux.GetEnabled() {
 		return "", "", nil
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ func InitLabels(options []string) (plabel string, mlabel string, retErr error) {
 		}
 		for _, opt := range options {
 			if opt == "disable" {
-				return "", mountLabel, nil
+				selinux.ReleaseLabel(mountLabel)
+				return "", selinux.PrivContainerMountLabel(), nil
 			}
 			if i := strings.Index(opt, ":"); i == -1 {
 				return "", "", errors.Errorf("Bad label option %q, valid options 'disable' or \n'user, role, level, type, filetype' followed by ':' and a value", opt)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go
index d9119908b..b336ebad3 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ const (
 	Permissive = 0
 	// Disabled constant to indicate SELinux is disabled
 	Disabled = -1
-
+	// maxCategory is the maximum number of categories used within containers
+	maxCategory = 1024
 	// DefaultCategoryRange is the upper bound on the category range
-	DefaultCategoryRange = uint32(1024)
+	DefaultCategoryRange = uint32(maxCategory)
 )
 
 var (
@@ -276,3 +277,8 @@ func DisableSecOpt() []string {
 func GetDefaultContextWithLevel(user, level, scon string) (string, error) {
 	return getDefaultContextWithLevel(user, level, scon)
 }
+
+// PrivContainerMountLabel returns mount label for privileged containers
+func PrivContainerMountLabel() string {
+	return privContainerMountLabel
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
index 5bfcc0490..54597398b 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
@@ -892,13 +892,13 @@ func openContextFile() (*os.File, error) {
 	return os.Open(lxcPath)
 }
 
-var labels = loadLabels()
+var labels, privContainerMountLabel = loadLabels()
 
-func loadLabels() map[string]string {
+func loadLabels() (map[string]string, string) {
 	labels := make(map[string]string)
 	in, err := openContextFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		return labels
+		return labels, ""
 	}
 	defer in.Close()
 
@@ -920,7 +920,10 @@ func loadLabels() map[string]string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return labels
+	con, _ := NewContext(labels["file"])
+	con["level"] = fmt.Sprintf("s0:c%d,c%d", maxCategory-2, maxCategory-1)
+	reserveLabel(con.get())
+	return labels, con.get()
 }
 
 // kvmContainerLabels returns the default processLabel and mountLabel to be used
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go
index 70b7b7c85..b7218a0b6 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 package selinux
 
+const privContainerMountLabel = ""
+
 func setDisabled() {
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 87cd58cdb..0cc23c1fa 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/user
 # github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417
 ## explicit
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go
-# github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.0
+# github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.1
 ## explicit
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label