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 369e8dda4c..22d57466ed 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
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=5
 
 GITHUB_URI="github.com/docker/${PN}"
 COREOS_GO_PACKAGE="${GITHUB_URI}"
-COREOS_GO_VERSION="go1.6"
+COREOS_GO_VERSION="go1.7"
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://${GITHUB_URI}.git"