diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80c802bae..d1e337ba2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20221107090550-2e043c6bd626
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.1
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b77f6f95b..525d4ebbb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20221107090550-2e043c6bd626/go.
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.9.1/go.mod h1:2i0OySw99QjzBBQByd1Gr9gSjvuho1lHsJxIJ3gGbJI=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0 h1:+5Zbo97w3Lbmb3PeqQtpmTkMwsW5nRI3YaLpt7tQ7oU=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0/go.mod h1:E5dMC3VPuVvVHDYmi78qvhJp8+M586T4DlDRYpFkyec=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.1 h1:9TA9+T8+8CUCO2+WYnDLCgrYi9+omqKXyjDtosvtEhg=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:1t835xjRzz80PqgE6HHgN2JOsmgYu/h4qDAS4n929Rs=
+github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2 h1:aYUidT7k73Pcl9nb2gScu7NSrKCSHIDE89b3+6Wq+LM=
+github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:1t835xjRzz80PqgE6HHgN2JOsmgYu/h4qDAS4n929Rs=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/tracker/seen.go b/vendor/github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/tracker/seen.go
index ce7dd4af1..76df2d5b6 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/tracker/seen.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/tracker/seen.go
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ type SeenTracker struct {
 	currentIdx int
 }
 
-var pool sync.Pool
+var pool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return &SeenTracker{}
+	},
+}
 
 func (s *SeenTracker) reset() {
 	// Always contains a root element at index 0.
@@ -331,12 +335,6 @@ func (s *SeenTracker) checkArray(node *unstable.Node) (first bool, err error) {
 }
 
 func (s *SeenTracker) checkInlineTable(node *unstable.Node) (first bool, err error) {
-	if pool.New == nil {
-		pool.New = func() interface{} {
-			return &SeenTracker{}
-		}
-	}
-
 	s = pool.Get().(*SeenTracker)
 	s.reset()
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index f2ecfbca7..647174600 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/validate/capabilities
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux/pkg/pwalkdir
-# github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.1
+# github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/internal/characters