diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3cc88b5b03..9ac0ff880e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -260,9 +260,8 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/runc
 RUN git init . && git remote add origin "https://github.com/opencontainers/runc.git"
 # RUNC_VERSION should match the version that is used by the containerd version
 # that is used. If you need to update runc, open a pull request in the containerd
-# project first, and update both after that is merged. When updating RUNC_VERSION,
-# consider updating runc in vendor.mod accordingly.
-ARG RUNC_VERSION=v1.3.0
+# project first, and update both after that is merged.
+ARG RUNC_VERSION=v1.3.3
 RUN git fetch -q --depth 1 origin "${RUNC_VERSION}" +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* && git checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
 
 FROM base AS runc-build
diff --git a/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer b/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
index 44eea006ea..01d54aa341 100755
--- a/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
+++ b/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ set -e
 # The version of runc should match the version that is used by the containerd
 # version that is used. If you need to update runc, open a pull request in
 # the containerd project first, and update both after that is merged.
-#
-# When updating RUNC_VERSION, consider updating runc in vendor.mod accordingly
-: "${RUNC_VERSION:=v1.3.0}"
+: "${RUNC_VERSION:=v1.3.3}"
 
 install_runc() {
 	RUNC_BUILDTAGS="${RUNC_BUILDTAGS:-"seccomp"}"