diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4c49c07b20..a3534cf0bb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.3.0
-	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.14.1
+	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.15.0
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.3.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 52104b3064..c899ac5a06 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -632,8 +632,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.3.0 h1:YZupQUdctfhpZy3TM39nN9Ika5CBWT5
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.3.0/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20251114084447-edf4cb3d2116 h1:tAKu3NkKWZYpqBSOJKwTxT1wIGueiF7gcmcNgr5pNTY=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20251114084447-edf4cb3d2116/go.mod h1:DKDEfzxvRkoQ6n9TGhxQgg2IM1lY4aM0eaQP4e3oElw=
-github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.14.1 h1:a7XlXV/nN/l5zFP1FWZYoExpClu1QOPMfWUV2CZ8kEQ=
-github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.14.1/go.mod h1:LenyElirjUHszfxrjuFqC85HIeXZKumHcKMQtnaDlQQ=
+github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.15.0 h1:4Gs40e/R2FvM8PC1HPaPncLLaDor8Y2WDfk5gjU9o5M=
+github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.15.0/go.mod h1:LenyElirjUHszfxrjuFqC85HIeXZKumHcKMQtnaDlQQ=
 github.com/package-url/packageurl-go v0.1.1 h1:KTRE0bK3sKbFKAk3yy63DpeskU7Cvs/x/Da5l+RtzyU=
 github.com/package-url/packageurl-go v0.1.1/go.mod h1:uQd4a7Rh3ZsVg5j0lNyAfyxIeGde9yrlhjF78GzeW0c=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.1.0 h1:cBOtyMzM9HTpWjXfbbunk26uA6nG3a8n06Wieeh0MwY=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go
index 2145571780..a89c6bda19 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label/label_linux.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 // Valid Label Options
 var validOptions = map[string]bool{
-	"disable":  true,
 	"type":     true,
 	"filetype": true,
 	"user":     true,
@@ -35,9 +34,13 @@ func InitLabels(options []string) (plabel string, mlabel string, retErr error) {
 	if !selinux.GetEnabled() {
 		return "", "", nil
 	}
+	if len(options) > 0 && options[0] == "disable" {
+		return "", selinux.PrivContainerMountLabel(), nil
+	}
 	processLabel, mountLabel := selinux.ContainerLabels() //nolint:staticcheck // ContainerLabels will be moved to an internal package.
-	if processLabel == "" {
-		// processLabel is required; if empty, do nothing.
+	if processLabel == "" || len(options) == 0 {
+		// 1. processLabel is required; if empty, do nothing.
+		// 2. If there are no options to process, we're done.
 		return processLabel, mountLabel, nil
 	}
 	defer func() {
@@ -55,6 +58,8 @@ func InitLabels(options []string) (plabel string, mlabel string, retErr error) {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
 	for _, opt := range options {
+		// For backward compatibility, process "disable"
+		// even if it's not the only option.
 		if opt == "disable" {
 			selinux.ReleaseLabel(mountLabel)
 			return "", selinux.PrivContainerMountLabel(), nil
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go
index 1935bf69ee..06b4acacbc 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux.go
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ var (
 	privContainerMountLabel string
 )
 
+// ProcessKind selects which process domain [SetProcessKind] applies to a label.
+type ProcessKind int
+
+const (
+	ProcessKindRegular ProcessKind = 1
+	ProcessKindInit    ProcessKind = 2
+	ProcessKindKVM     ProcessKind = 3
+)
+
+// SetProcessKind returns label with its type component replaced by the one
+// corresponding to kind. Other label components are kept intact.
+func SetProcessKind(label string, kind ProcessKind) (string, error) {
+	return setProcessKind(label, kind)
+}
+
 // Context is a representation of the SELinux label broken into 4 parts
 type Context map[string]string
 
@@ -292,6 +307,8 @@ func KVMContainerLabels() (string, string) {
 
 // KVMContainerLabel returns the default process label to be used
 // for KVM containers by the calling process.
+//
+// If you only need to change a type of existing label, use [SetProcessKind] instead.
 func KVMContainerLabel() (string, error) {
 	return kvmContainerLabel()
 }
@@ -306,6 +323,8 @@ func InitContainerLabels() (string, string) {
 
 // InitContainerLabel returns the default process label to be used
 // for containers running an init system like systemd by the calling process.
+//
+// If you only need to change a type of existing label, use [SetProcessKind] instead.
 func InitContainerLabel() (string, error) {
 	return initContainerLabel()
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
index 2117155701..f238b19400 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
@@ -1513,3 +1513,46 @@ func getDefaultContextWithLevel(user, level, scon string) (string, error) {
 
 	return getDefaultContextFromReaders(&c)
 }
+
+func (k ProcessKind) keys() (primary, fallback string, ok bool) {
+	switch k {
+	case ProcessKindRegular:
+		return "process", "", true
+	case ProcessKindInit:
+		return "init_process", "process", true
+	case ProcessKindKVM:
+		return "kvm_process", "process", true
+	}
+	return "", "", false
+}
+
+func setProcessKind(cLabel string, k ProcessKind) (string, error) {
+	if cLabel == "" {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	primary, fallback, ok := k.keys()
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("selinux.SetProcessKind: invalid ProcessKind %d", k)
+	}
+
+	src := label(primary)
+	if src == "" && fallback != "" {
+		src = label(fallback)
+	}
+	if src == "" {
+		return cLabel, nil
+	}
+
+	// Replace cLabel type with one from src.
+	srcCtx, err := newContext(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("selinux.SetProcessKind: invalid %s label %s: %w", primary, src, err)
+	}
+	dstCtx, err := newContext(cLabel)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("selinux.SetProcessKind: invalid label %s: %w", cLabel, err)
+	}
+
+	dstCtx["type"] = srcCtx["type"]
+	return dstCtx.get(), nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go
index 78a4e1fe35..d01bf2615e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_stub.go
@@ -157,3 +157,7 @@ func getDefaultContextWithLevel(string, string, string) (string, error) {
 func label(_ string) string {
 	return ""
 }
+
+func setProcessKind(string, ProcessKind) (string, error) {
+	return "", nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 8308598f64..452822c0b4 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go/features
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/generate
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/generate/seccomp
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/validate/capabilities
-# github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.14.1
+# github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.15.0
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label