diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e4d1bca5a..305d41128f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
-	tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.0
+	tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6651e5969f..d90f8ac5d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=
 src.elv.sh v0.16.0-rc1.0.20220116211855-fda62502ad7f h1:pjVeIo9Ba6K1Wy+rlwX91zT7A+xGEmxiNRBdN04gDTQ=
 src.elv.sh v0.16.0-rc1.0.20220116211855-fda62502ad7f/go.mod h1:kPbhv5+fBeUh85nET3wWhHGUaUQ64nZMJ8FwA5v5Olg=
-tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.0 h1:8bCFo/g9WODjWx3m6EYl3GfUG31eKJbaggyBDxEldRc=
-tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Apb7N4VdILW0EVdEMRYXIDVRZfNJZ+kmEUss2kRRQ6Y=
+tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.1 h1:c0jN4Mt6781jD67NdPajmZlD1qrqQyov/Xfoab37lj0=
+tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.1/go.mod h1:Apb7N4VdILW0EVdEMRYXIDVRZfNJZ+kmEUss2kRRQ6Y=
 tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/specs-go v0.8.0 h1:QYGFzGxvYK/ZLMrjhvY0RjpUavIn4KcmRmVP/JjdBTA=
 tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/specs-go v0.8.0/go.mod h1:BhJIkjjPh4qpys+qm4DAYtUyryaTDg9zris+AczXyws=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 98a335f86f..ec2a5705af 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3
 ## explicit; go 1.12
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml/goyaml.v2
-# tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.0
+# tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v0.8.1
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/internal/validation
 tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/internal/validation/k8s
diff --git a/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi/cache.go b/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi/cache.go
index c2f7fe3463..9afa4b1820 100644
--- a/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi/cache.go
+++ b/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi/cache.go
@@ -564,6 +564,14 @@ func (w *watch) update(dirErrors map[string]error, removed ...string) bool {
 		update bool
 	)
 
+	// If we failed to create an fsnotify.Watcher we have a nil watcher here
+	// (but with autoRefresh left on). One known case when this can happen is
+	// if we have too many open files. In that case we always return true and
+	// force a refresh.
+	if w.watcher == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
 	for dir, ok = range w.tracked {
 		if ok {
 			continue