diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/Manifest b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/Manifest
index 82c65e1417..98b34b4f2b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/Manifest
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST systemd-stable-247.2.tar.gz 9890845 BLAKE2B 5363f429f4e629b9a05248b77f7c102da37e23c5678e14621ca67edeea59d7995064d037f04eb0ce57dd17a1b3a40a04e00619f77dbde82a61aabbc02f5bc412 SHA512 220739bedb7ccbb35d9d2ff441a52e0615fbe80da5141f7e0420d469f4d66d3604ea72ce70c3deaa2afa5a32b3c7eec4340738337c96891b471e23ed43cd6a82
+DIST systemd-stable-247.3.tar.gz 9895385 BLAKE2B f5b8b4beb5586563fac4a339a5fb6dfd2f95ec52c2a2214ca8229500b1c78653ba3f1f9713a67fbbeb78426da3b71e3f9532c4017ee44f46b47893d31d4b0457 SHA512 0b12f6b9b02d86ee2f4198dd5f96a6267652fdc4867517e10a214a59b63c996fd14aeb2f47a97806718cdda52d1705a3b2359e4ae5e5d8d52d61ad05e7941d1e
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/files/0007-core-use-max-for-DefaultTasksMax.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/files/0007-core-use-max-for-DefaultTasksMax.patch
index f4265bb7eb..dd69810f03 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/files/0007-core-use-max-for-DefaultTasksMax.patch
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/files/0007-core-use-max-for-DefaultTasksMax.patch
@@ -8,26 +8,27 @@ to 512, later 15% of the system's maximum number of PIDs.  This
 limit is low and a change in behavior that people running services
 in containers will hit frequently, so revert to previous behavior.
 ---
- man/systemd-system.conf.xml | 5 +----
+ man/systemd-system.conf.xml | 6 +-----
  src/basic/cgroup-util.h     | 4 ++++
  src/core/system.conf.in     | 2 +-
- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
-index 0dea50f2fe..bcbed4cf59 100644
+index 075666ac6b..bcbed4cf59 100644
 --- a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
 +++ b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
-@@ -361,10 +361,7 @@
+@@ -361,11 +361,7 @@
          <listitem><para>Configure the default value for the per-unit <varname>TasksMax=</varname> setting. See
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
          for details. This setting applies to all unit types that support resource control settings, with the exception
--        of slice units. Defaults to 15% of the sysctl setting <varname>kernel.pid_max=</varname> or root cgroup <varname>pids.max</varname>.
+-        of slice units. Defaults to 15% of the minimum of <varname>kernel.pid_max=</varname>, <varname>kernel.threads-max=</varname>
+-        and root cgroup <varname>pids.max</varname>.
 -        Kernel has a default value for <varname>kernel.pid_max=</varname> and an algorithm of counting in case of more than 32 cores.
 -        For example with the default <varname>kernel.pid_max=</varname>, <varname>DefaultTasksMax=</varname> defaults to 4915,
 -        but might be greater in other systems or smaller in OS containers.</para></listitem>
 +        of slice units. Defaults to 100%.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
-
+ 
        <varlistentry>
 diff --git a/src/basic/cgroup-util.h b/src/basic/cgroup-util.h
 index bdc0d0d086..345a99aa5c 100644
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ index bdc0d0d086..345a99aa5c 100644
 @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ static inline bool CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_IS_OK(uint64_t x) {
              (x >= CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MIN && x <= CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MAX);
  }
-
+ 
 +/* Default resource limits */
 +#define DEFAULT_TASKS_MAX_PERCENTAGE            100U /* 100% of PIDs */
 +#define DEFAULT_USER_TASKS_MAX_PERCENTAGE       33U /* 33% of PIDs, 10813 on default settings */
@@ -57,6 +58,6 @@ index 40bb548887..c6cddf4f79 100644
  #DefaultLimitCPU=
  #DefaultLimitFSIZE=
  #DefaultLimitDATA=
---
+-- 
 2.26.2
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-247.2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-247.3.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-247.2.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-247.3.ebuild