diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2aa3da472..12f1729c3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20241223141626-cff3c89139a3 // indirect
 	github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.24 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.27 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.5 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb67cf30e..adf3a3e11 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be h1:J5BL
 github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be/go.mod h1:mk5IQ+Y0ZeO87b858TlA645sVcEcbiX6YqP98kt+7+w=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.1.0 h1:v8rEWFl6EoqHB+swVNjVoCJE8o3jX7e8nqBGPLaDFBM=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6ppBcbh/NOOUU+dMKrykgaBnK9lCIBxHqJDGwsa1mIw=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.24 h1:zxszGrGjrra1yYJW/6rhm9cJ1ZQ8rkKBR48brqsa7nA=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.24/go.mod h1:7QUzfURqZWCZV7RLNEn1XjUCQLEf0bkaK4GjUaZehxw=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.27 h1:yFyEyojddO3MIGVER2xJLWoCIn+Up4GaHFquP7hsFII=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.27/go.mod h1:xZmPnl75Vc+BLGt4MIfu6bp+fy03gdHAn9bz+FreFR0=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.5 h1:ZRoN1sXq9u7V6QoHMcVWGhOwDFqZ4B9i5H6un1Wh0x4=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.5/go.mod h1:/lNJvtJKUQStBzpVQ1+rasXO1LAWtUQssk28EZvJ3nE=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0 h1:FSZgGOeK4yuT/+DnF07/Olde/q4KBoMsaamhXxIMDp4=
diff --git a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
index 69eb38a13..aa024082f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
@@ -3070,7 +3070,6 @@ func TestOCIRepository_objectLevelWorkloadIdentityFeatureGate(t *testing.T) {
 		return testEnv.Update(ctx, resultobj) == nil
 	}).Should(BeTrue())
 
-	g.Expect(testEnv.Update(ctx, resultobj)).To(Succeed())
 	g.Eventually(func() bool {
 		if err := testEnv.Get(ctx, key, resultobj); err != nil {
 			return false