diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest
index 1f2a65759f..17015bc6d7 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST containerd-1.6.7.tar.gz 8662678 BLAKE2B 649945ffd5f8add62b5e4f4509823a713361a47889d9d95abd5b3ff4e0fbb3dfd6e07c4c996bbcf67a40393750de8311776c8a4c25c2d1fabcd4df25d0a4267c SHA512 38c933e6c230003f992c58f1aa2cca71ecce2087dfe855ea4e30668f219aeb9f7f99ff5abc516326b4764bdf358681ce901d7bc86dd7847b599d1a9c3381fae2
+DIST containerd-1.6.8.tar.gz 8663866 BLAKE2B 4b1473febb738ce46d435a687971058f4bf586a2877b2899446a323e2e7ccf8a0ec9015277693f9b1bac6f663721117704e97031ce923ae62d27a8d7b882bdfd SHA512 c204c028cdfd76537d1da01c66526fc85b29b02d2412569bb9b265375603614b037356c61846025a72281398f0f46df326a5ea3df97f57901cce85f2f728f0ba
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-1.6.7.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-1.6.8.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-1.6.7.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-1.6.8.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild
index 9d7e4b6ab4..2b7219da0d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
 else
 	MY_PV="${PV/_rc/-rc.}"
 	EGIT_COMMIT="v${MY_PV}"
-	CONTAINERD_COMMIT="eab4a99fdccaa90c0e2a85692231657980a883cc"
+	CONTAINERD_COMMIT="137288ad010d39ae6ef578fa53bf9b93d1356c3a"
 	SRC_URI="https://${GITHUB_URI}/archive/${EGIT_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
 	inherit vcs-snapshot
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-torcx/docker/docker-20.10.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-torcx/docker/docker-20.10.ebuild
index c560fd90a3..bca1033ac0 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-torcx/docker/docker-20.10.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-torcx/docker/docker-20.10.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
 RDEPEND="
 	~app-emulation/docker-20.10.17
 	~app-emulation/docker-cli-20.10.17
-	~app-emulation/containerd-1.6.7
+	~app-emulation/containerd-1.6.8
 	~app-emulation/docker-proxy-0.8.0_p20210525
 	~app-emulation/docker-runc-1.1.3
 	=dev-libs/libltdl-2.4.6
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/updates/2022-08-12-containerd-1.6.8-update.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/updates/2022-08-12-containerd-1.6.8-update.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a489bd90cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/updates/2022-08-12-containerd-1.6.8-update.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- containerd ([1.6.8](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.8))