diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c3289972..808328cf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.4
+	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.6
 	github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20180725035823-b12b22c5341f
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 56fe3185..0570aa88 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.14/go.mod h1:NtVKoYxQuTLx6gEq0L96c9Ju4JbRJ4nY2
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.15/go.mod h1:x38A4YbHbdxJtc0sF6oIz+RG0npwSCAvn69iY6URG00=
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.16/go.mod h1:o5/SZqmR7x9JNKsW3pu+nqHm0MF8vbA+VxGOoXdC600=
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.21/go.mod h1:+w2gRZ5ReXQhFOrvSQeNfhrYB/dg3oDwTOcER2fw4I4=
-github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.4 h1:mnUj0ivWy6UzbB1uLFqKR6F+ZyiDc7j4iGgHTpO+5+I=
-github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.4/go.mod h1:7pLA8lDk46WKDWlVsENo92gC0XFa8rbKfyFRBqxEbCc=
+github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.6 h1:VwnDOgLeoi2du6dAznfmspNqTiwczvjv4K7NxuY9jsY=
+github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.6/go.mod h1:7pLA8lDk46WKDWlVsENo92gC0XFa8rbKfyFRBqxEbCc=
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/test v0.0.0-20201218223536-d3e5debf77da/go.mod h1:5hlzMzRKMLyo42nCZ9oml8AdTlq/0cvIaBv6tK1RehU=
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/test v0.0.0-20210227013316-43a75bb4edd3/go.mod h1:mw7qgWloBUl75W/gVH3cQszUg1+gUITj7D6NY7ywVnY=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb06e3pkSAbeQ52E9H9iFoQsEEwGN64994WTCIhntQ=