diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7ec5e092d..1cb0f8e06 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/imgcrypt v1.1.7
 	github.com/containerd/nri v0.3.0
 	github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.1
-	github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.0
+	github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1
 	github.com/containerd/zfs v1.0.0
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.2
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 04a8665bc..20aa9d7c8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ github.com/containerd/typeurl v0.0.0-20190911142611-5eb25027c9fd/go.mod h1:GeKYz
 github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.1/go.mod h1:TB1hUtrpaiO88KEK56ijojHS1+NeF0izUACaJW2mdXg=
 github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.2 h1:Chlt8zIieDbzQFzXzAeBEF92KhExuE4p9p92/QmY7aY=
 github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.2/go.mod h1:9trJWW2sRlGub4wZJRTW83VtbOLS6hwcDZXTn6oPz9s=
-github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.0 h1:yNAhJvbNEANt7ck48IlEGOxP7YAp6LLpGn5jZACDNIE=
-github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:IDp2JFvbwZ31H8dQbEIY7sDl2L3o3HZj1hsSQlywkQ0=
+github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1 h1:3Q4Pt7i8nYwy2KmQWIw2+1hTvwTE/6w9FqcttATPO/4=
+github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:IDp2JFvbwZ31H8dQbEIY7sDl2L3o3HZj1hsSQlywkQ0=
 github.com/containerd/zfs v0.0.0-20200918131355-0a33824f23a2/go.mod h1:8IgZOBdv8fAgXddBT4dBXJPtxyRsejFIpXoklgxgEjw=
 github.com/containerd/zfs v0.0.0-20210301145711-11e8f1707f62/go.mod h1:A9zfAbMlQwE+/is6hi0Xw8ktpL+6glmqZYtevJgaB8Y=
 github.com/containerd/zfs v0.0.0-20210315114300-dde8f0fda960/go.mod h1:m+m51S1DvAP6r3FcmYCp54bQ34pyOwTieQDNRIRHsFY=
diff --git a/integration/client/go.mod b/integration/client/go.mod
index 0eeaee03a..76d96fdd7 100644
--- a/integration/client/go.mod
+++ b/integration/client/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.1-0.20230307035957-72c70feb3081
 	github.com/containerd/go-runc v1.0.0
 	github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.1
-	github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.0
+	github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc2.0.20221005185240-3a7f492d3f1b
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.1.0-rc.1
diff --git a/integration/client/go.sum b/integration/client/go.sum
index 8a30cab1c..b9a738f3f 100644
--- a/integration/client/go.sum
+++ b/integration/client/go.sum
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@ github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.1 h1:VWv/Rzx023TBLv4WQ+9WPXlBG/s3rsRjY3i9AJ2BJd
 github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.1/go.mod h1:sIT6l32Ph/H9cvnJsfXM5drIVzTr5A2flTf1G5tYZak=
 github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.1/go.mod h1:TB1hUtrpaiO88KEK56ijojHS1+NeF0izUACaJW2mdXg=
 github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.2/go.mod h1:9trJWW2sRlGub4wZJRTW83VtbOLS6hwcDZXTn6oPz9s=
-github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.0 h1:yNAhJvbNEANt7ck48IlEGOxP7YAp6LLpGn5jZACDNIE=
-github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:IDp2JFvbwZ31H8dQbEIY7sDl2L3o3HZj1hsSQlywkQ0=
+github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1 h1:3Q4Pt7i8nYwy2KmQWIw2+1hTvwTE/6w9FqcttATPO/4=
+github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:IDp2JFvbwZ31H8dQbEIY7sDl2L3o3HZj1hsSQlywkQ0=
 github.com/containerd/zfs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:m+m51S1DvAP6r3FcmYCp54bQ34pyOwTieQDNRIRHsFY=
 github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.1/go.mod h1:sDpYKmGVENF3s6uvMvGgldDWeG8dMxakj/u+i9ht9vw=
 github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.2/go.mod h1:sDpYKmGVENF3s6uvMvGgldDWeG8dMxakj/u+i9ht9vw=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2/types.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2/types.go
index 41398f407..8d6665bb5 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2/types.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2/types.go
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ func UnmarshalToByTypeURL(typeURL string, value []byte, out interface{}) error {
 }
 
 func unmarshal(typeURL string, value []byte, v interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-	if value == nil {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
 	t, err := getTypeByUrl(typeURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 2ad621313..ab87182fe 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ github.com/containerd/ttrpc
 # github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.2
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/containerd/typeurl
-# github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.0
+# github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2
 # github.com/containerd/zfs v1.0.0