diff --git a/cmd/runtimetest/main.go b/cmd/runtimetest/main.go
index d7df16a7..94abda4f 100644
--- a/cmd/runtimetest/main.go
+++ b/cmd/runtimetest/main.go
@@ -272,10 +272,13 @@ func (c *complianceTester) validateCapabilities(spec *rspec.Spec) error {
 		last = capability.CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND
 	}
 
-	processCaps, err := capability.NewPid(0)
+	processCaps, err := capability.NewPid2(0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := processCaps.Load(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	for _, capType := range []struct {
 		capType capability.CapType