diff --git a/vendor.mod b/vendor.mod
index b864c533da..bcd817732a 100644
--- a/vendor.mod
+++ b/vendor.mod
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.45.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.41.0
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2
-	tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.0
+	tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/vendor.sum b/vendor.sum
index 72337adf30..357980d513 100644
--- a/vendor.sum
+++ b/vendor.sum
@@ -238,5 +238,5 @@ gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2/go.mod h1:LtdLGcnqToBH83WByAAi/wiwSFCArdFIUV/xxN4pcjA=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0 h1:keKAYRcjm+e1F0oAuU5F5+YPAWcyxNNRK2wud503Gnk=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
-tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.0 h1:RnxNhxF1JOu6CJUVpetTYvrXHdxw9j9jFYgZpI+anSY=
-tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.0/go.mod h1:76Oj0Yqp9FwTx/pySDc8Bxjpg+VqXfDb50cKAXVJ34Q=
+tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.1 h1:YPwQz4xg8PlQ0yT/baR0BtLpTQROe4l6M1yuRgAu1vc=
+tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.1/go.mod h1:S1PSJWYPD4Iom0/39mvr/VVFCfG0Yt14j20d0OYrY2M=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index f71feb45f3..5256179bae 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -574,6 +574,6 @@ gotest.tools/v3/internal/format
 gotest.tools/v3/internal/source
 gotest.tools/v3/poll
 gotest.tools/v3/skip
-# tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.0
-## explicit; go 1.21
+# tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.1
+## explicit; go 1.23
 tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/parser
diff --git a/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/parser/parser.go b/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/parser/parser.go
index 5325989541..8512e3bad0 100644
--- a/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/parser/parser.go
+++ b/vendor/tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/pkg/parser/parser.go
@@ -83,13 +83,12 @@ func ParseDevice(device string) (string, string, string) {
 		return "", "", device
 	}
 
-	parts := strings.SplitN(device, "=", 2)
-	if len(parts) != 2 || parts[0] == "" || parts[1] == "" {
+	qualifier, name, ok := strings.Cut(device, "=")
+	if !ok || qualifier == "" || name == "" {
 		return "", "", device
 	}
 
-	name := parts[1]
-	vendor, class := ParseQualifier(parts[0])
+	vendor, class := ParseQualifier(qualifier)
 	if vendor == "" {
 		return "", "", device
 	}
@@ -105,11 +104,11 @@ func ParseDevice(device string) (string, string, string) {
 // If parsing fails, an empty vendor and the class set to the
 // verbatim input is returned.
 func ParseQualifier(kind string) (string, string) {
-	parts := strings.SplitN(kind, "/", 2)
-	if len(parts) != 2 || parts[0] == "" || parts[1] == "" {
+	qualifier, value, ok := strings.Cut(kind, "/")
+	if !ok || qualifier == "" || value == "" {
 		return "", kind
 	}
-	return parts[0], parts[1]
+	return qualifier, value
 }
 
 // ValidateVendorName checks the validity of a vendor name.
@@ -150,6 +149,9 @@ func validateVendorOrClassName(name string) error {
 	if !IsLetter(rune(name[0])) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%q, should start with letter", name)
 	}
+	if len(name) == 1 {
+		return nil
+	}
 	for _, c := range string(name[1 : len(name)-1]) {
 		switch {
 		case IsAlphaNumeric(c):