diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index f32d12644..bb6ee79b0 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups                       b4448137398923af7f4918b8b2ad
 github.com/containerd/console                       v1.0.0
 github.com/containerd/continuity                    d3ef23f19fbb106bb73ffde425d07a9187e30745
 github.com/containerd/fifo                          f15a3290365b9d2627d189e619ab4008e0069caf
-github.com/containerd/go-runc                       a5c2862aed5e6358b305b0e16bfce58e0549b1cd
+github.com/containerd/go-runc                       7016d3ce2328dd2cb1192b2076ebd565c4e8df0c
 github.com/containerd/ttrpc                         v1.0.1
 github.com/containerd/typeurl                       v1.0.1
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22                    v22.0.0
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/go.mod b/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d833ee160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module github.com/containerd/go-runc
+
+go 1.13
+
+require (
+	github.com/containerd/console v0.0.0-20191206165004-02ecf6a7291e
+	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.1
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191210023423-ac6580df4449
+)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go
index bdc90528e..c3a95af25 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/go-runc/runc.go
@@ -623,32 +623,22 @@ func (r *Runc) Version(context context.Context) (Version, error) {
 func parseVersion(data []byte) (Version, error) {
 	var v Version
 	parts := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(data)), "\n")
-	if len(parts) != 3 {
-		return v, nil
-	}
-	for i, p := range []struct {
-		dest  *string
-		split string
-	}{
-		{
-			dest:  &v.Runc,
-			split: "version ",
-		},
-		{
-			dest:  &v.Commit,
-			split: ": ",
-		},
-		{
-			dest:  &v.Spec,
-			split: ": ",
-		},
-	} {
-		p2 := strings.Split(parts[i], p.split)
-		if len(p2) != 2 {
-			return v, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse version line %q", parts[i])
+
+	if len(parts) > 0 {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(parts[0], "runc version ") {
+			return v, nil
+		}
+		v.Runc = parts[0][13:]
+
+		for _, part := range parts[1:] {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(part, "commit: ") {
+				v.Commit = part[8:]
+			} else if strings.HasPrefix(part, "spec: ") {
+				v.Spec = part[6:]
+			}
 		}
-		*p.dest = p2[1]
 	}
+
 	return v, nil
 }