diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index 52eba58fe..432bf67d4 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ github.com/containerd/console                       v1.0.1
 github.com/containerd/continuity                    efbc4488d8fe1bdc16bde3b2d2990d9b3a899165
 github.com/containerd/fifo                          f15a3290365b9d2627d189e619ab4008e0069caf
 github.com/containerd/go-runc                       7016d3ce2328dd2cb1192b2076ebd565c4e8df0c
-github.com/containerd/nri                           0afc7f031eaf9c7d9c1a381b7ab5462e89c998fc
+github.com/containerd/nri                           eb1350a75164f76de48e3605389e7a3fbc85d06e
 github.com/containerd/ttrpc                         v1.0.2
 github.com/containerd/typeurl                       v1.0.1
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22                    v22.1.0
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/client.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/client.go
index 6b6c6e409..c7c0505bb 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/client.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/client.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/oci"
@@ -23,15 +24,22 @@ const (
 	Version = "0.1"
 )
 
+var appendPathOnce sync.Once
+
 // New nri client
 func New() (*Client, error) {
 	conf, err := loadConfig(DefaultConfPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := os.Setenv("PATH", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", os.Getenv("PATH"), DefaultBinaryPath)); err != nil {
+
+	appendPathOnce.Do(func() {
+		err = os.Setenv("PATH", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", os.Getenv("PATH"), DefaultBinaryPath))
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	return &Client{
 		conf: conf,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/types/v1/types.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/types/v1/types.go
index e0703f5a0..2283ac7a5 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/types/v1/types.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/nri/types/v1/types.go
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ type Request struct {
 	Results []*Result `json:"results,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// NewPluginError returns a plugin error
+func NewPluginError(name string, err error) error {
+	return &PluginError{
+		Plugin:  name,
+		Message: err.Error(),
+	}
+}
+
 // PluginError for specific plugin execution
 type PluginError struct {
 	// Plugin name