diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 89e4b5175..a54a80fb7 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ http_archive(
 # External repositories, in sorted order.
 go_repository(
     name = "com_github_cenkalti_backoff",
+    commit = "2146c9339422",
     importpath = "github.com/cenkalti/backoff",
-    tag = "v2.1.1",
 )
 
 go_repository(
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f10b56e7f..9a6b27c6b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 module gvisor.googlesource.com/gvisor
+
 go 1.12
 
 require (
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.1.1
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.0
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.6.1-0.20180915234121-886344bea079
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.3.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1