diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 90f3835a24..0fa1303458 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containers/storage v1.56.0
 	github.com/containers/winquit v1.1.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.1-0.20231103132048-7d375ecc2b09
-	github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.44.0
+	github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.45.0
 	github.com/crc-org/vfkit v0.6.0
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.3.5
 	github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu v0.0.0-20230711162256-2e3d0186973e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0c34eaa7de..609f843c3a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190719114852-fd7a80b32e1f/go.mod h1:F5haX7
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.1-0.20231103132048-7d375ecc2b09 h1:OoRAFlvDGCUqDLampLQjk0yeeSGdF9zzst/3G9IkBbc=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.1-0.20231103132048-7d375ecc2b09/go.mod h1:m2r/smMKsKwgMSAoFKHaa68ImdCSNuKE1MxvQ64xuCQ=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.44.0 h1:GQ/GeBvlnFIIWxZLAL5c9HH9Uwur8hTthPUbOp1d++M=
-github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.44.0/go.mod h1:EMiQkkpN4y6j4S2FwUlcm1pi4j0YFqir7a6uJthO75Q=
+github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.45.0 h1:7rScVQwFc3oy99SaiGSgQmTiIQf7UKKYIcZQ963NsdE=
+github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.45.0/go.mod h1:ALUixzv85cMYNDEqone8jEn3m2ZKyu9oRzrQdEAjnzk=
 github.com/crc-org/vfkit v0.6.0 h1:gUasCX2QqY9pUPebFhYsuINB8XSS/iz0qy4v18CUyB4=
 github.com/crc-org/vfkit v0.6.0/go.mod h1:i+fGyDMg5MpuUYCFXc2VXw+5R7MBD6A/8xU9UxWv/9s=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18 h1:n56/Zwd5o6whRC5PMGretI4IdRLlmBXYNjScPaBgsbY=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/crc-org/crc/v2/pkg/os/copy.go b/vendor/github.com/crc-org/crc/v2/pkg/os/copy.go
index 4c7d9e3a06..d776692731 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/crc-org/crc/v2/pkg/os/copy.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/crc-org/crc/v2/pkg/os/copy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package os
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func copyFile(src, dst string, sparse bool) error {
 	defer out.Close()
 
 	if sparse {
-		if _, err = CopySparse(out, in); err != nil {
+		if _, err = CopySparse(context.TODO(), out, in); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -51,9 +52,13 @@ func CopyFileSparse(src, dst string) error {
 	return copyFile(src, dst, true)
 }
 
-func CopySparse(dst io.WriteSeeker, src io.Reader) (int64, error) {
+func CopySparse(ctx context.Context, dst io.WriteSeeker, src io.Reader) (int64, error) {
 	copyBuf := make([]byte, copyChunkSize)
-	sparseWriter := newSparseWriter(dst)
+
+	if ctx == nil {
+		panic("ctx is nil, this should not happen")
+	}
+	sparseWriter := newSparseWriter(ctx, dst)
 
 	bytesWritten, err := io.CopyBuffer(sparseWriter, src, copyBuf)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -64,12 +69,13 @@ func CopySparse(dst io.WriteSeeker, src io.Reader) (int64, error) {
 }
 
 type sparseWriter struct {
+	context         context.Context
 	writer          io.WriteSeeker
 	lastChunkSparse bool
 }
 
-func newSparseWriter(writer io.WriteSeeker) *sparseWriter {
-	return &sparseWriter{writer: writer}
+func newSparseWriter(ctx context.Context, writer io.WriteSeeker) *sparseWriter {
+	return &sparseWriter{context: ctx, writer: writer}
 }
 
 const copyChunkSize = 4096
@@ -84,18 +90,23 @@ func isEmptyChunk(p []byte) bool {
 }
 
 func (w *sparseWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	if isEmptyChunk(p) {
-		offset, err := w.writer.Seek(int64(len(p)), io.SeekCurrent)
-		if err != nil {
-			w.lastChunkSparse = false
-			return 0, err
+	select {
+	case <-w.context.Done(): // Context cancelled
+		return 0, w.context.Err()
+	default:
+		if isEmptyChunk(p) {
+			offset, err := w.writer.Seek(int64(len(p)), io.SeekCurrent)
+			if err != nil {
+				w.lastChunkSparse = false
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			_ = offset
+			w.lastChunkSparse = true
+			return len(p), nil
 		}
-		_ = offset
-		w.lastChunkSparse = true
-		return len(p), nil
+		w.lastChunkSparse = false
+		return w.writer.Write(p)
 	}
-	w.lastChunkSparse = false
-	return w.writer.Write(p)
 }
 
 func (w *sparseWriter) Close() error {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 3bf86f41f7..8182395474 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/dbus
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/internal/dlopen
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/journal
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/sdjournal
-# github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.44.0
+# github.com/crc-org/crc/v2 v2.45.0
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 github.com/crc-org/crc/v2/pkg/crc/logging
 github.com/crc-org/crc/v2/pkg/os