diff --git a/examples/buildkit0/buildkit.go b/examples/buildkit0/buildkit.go
index 9a5c92d59..35d98b9dc 100644
--- a/examples/buildkit0/buildkit.go
+++ b/examples/buildkit0/buildkit.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func main() {
 	var opt buildOpt
 	flag.BoolVar(&opt.withContainerd, "with-containerd", true, "enable containerd worker")
 	flag.StringVar(&opt.containerd, "containerd", "v1.2.1", "containerd version")
-	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "6635b4f0c6af3810594d2770f662f34ddc15b40d", "runc version")
+	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "v1.0.0-rc8", "runc version")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	bk := buildkit(opt)
diff --git a/examples/buildkit1/buildkit.go b/examples/buildkit1/buildkit.go
index 4581701ef..00ba18708 100644
--- a/examples/buildkit1/buildkit.go
+++ b/examples/buildkit1/buildkit.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func main() {
 	var opt buildOpt
 	flag.BoolVar(&opt.withContainerd, "with-containerd", true, "enable containerd worker")
 	flag.StringVar(&opt.containerd, "containerd", "v1.2.1", "containerd version")
-	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "6635b4f0c6af3810594d2770f662f34ddc15b40d", "runc version")
+	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "v1.0.0-rc8", "runc version")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	bk := buildkit(opt)
diff --git a/examples/buildkit2/buildkit.go b/examples/buildkit2/buildkit.go
index 3b11f3503..f7dca981a 100644
--- a/examples/buildkit2/buildkit.go
+++ b/examples/buildkit2/buildkit.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func main() {
 	var opt buildOpt
 	flag.BoolVar(&opt.withContainerd, "with-containerd", true, "enable containerd worker")
 	flag.StringVar(&opt.containerd, "containerd", "v1.2.1", "containerd version")
-	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "6635b4f0c6af3810594d2770f662f34ddc15b40d", "runc version")
+	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "v1.0.0-rc8", "runc version")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	bk := buildkit(opt)
diff --git a/examples/buildkit3/buildkit.go b/examples/buildkit3/buildkit.go
index 2253cd0e5..ece7cfa31 100644
--- a/examples/buildkit3/buildkit.go
+++ b/examples/buildkit3/buildkit.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func main() {
 	var opt buildOpt
 	flag.BoolVar(&opt.withContainerd, "with-containerd", true, "enable containerd worker")
 	flag.StringVar(&opt.containerd, "containerd", "v1.2.1", "containerd version")
-	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "6635b4f0c6af3810594d2770f662f34ddc15b40d", "runc version")
+	flag.StringVar(&opt.runc, "runc", "v1.0.0-rc8", "runc version")
 	flag.StringVar(&opt.buildkit, "buildkit", "master", "buildkit version")
 	flag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/hack/dockerfiles/test.Dockerfile b/hack/dockerfiles/test.Dockerfile
index 6a42da089..d42fdae74 100644
--- a/hack/dockerfiles/test.Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/dockerfiles/test.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG RUNC_VERSION=6635b4f0c6af3810594d2770f662f34ddc15b40d
+ARG RUNC_VERSION=v1.0.0-rc8
 ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v1.2.1
 # containerd v1.0 for integration tests
 ARG CONTAINERD10_VERSION=v1.0.3
diff --git a/hack/dockerfiles/test.buildkit.Dockerfile b/hack/dockerfiles/test.buildkit.Dockerfile
index 22df13547..846f1bfe4 100644
--- a/hack/dockerfiles/test.buildkit.Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/dockerfiles/test.buildkit.Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.0-experimental
 
-ARG RUNC_VERSION=6635b4f0c6af3810594d2770f662f34ddc15b40d
+ARG RUNC_VERSION=v1.0.0-rc8
 ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v1.2.1
 # containerd v1.0 for integration tests
 ARG CONTAINERD10_VERSION=v1.0.3