diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18b003b7..c5df0f78 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2241,9 +2241,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nc"
-version = "0.8.20"
+version = "0.8.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99095cc42e60c6866aeace537417e0e6ab7c1d3746f23f9952455859c5a74dee"
+checksum = "388827c54cacb7f6604751c05dc9adf9ec9c1b35a6f50948e3d11049502481f3"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
index a2ea5f1c..26d62361 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ regex = { version = "1.10.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "unic
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = ["attributes"] }
 safe-path = "0.1.0"
-nc = "0.8.20"
+nc = "0.8.21"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 oci-spec = { version = "~0.6.4", features = ["proptests", "runtime"] }
diff --git a/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml b/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
index 44c9b984..2fc8296d 100644
--- a/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ oci-spec = { version = "0.6.4", features = ["runtime"] }
 nix = "0.28.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 libc = "0.2.155" # TODO (YJDoc2) upgrade to latest
-nc = "0.8.20"
+nc = "0.8.21"