diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2021-12-06-update-engine-kured.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2021-12-06-update-engine-kured.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3efd2bbc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2021-12-06-update-engine-kured.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Update-engine now creates the `/run/reboot-required` flag file for [kured](https://github.com/weaveworks/kured) ([PR#15](https://github.com/flatcar-linux/update_engine/pull/15))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
index 04d26683b6..7bdbe7d146 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CROS_WORKON_REPO="https://github.com"
 if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 else
-	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="858f3a502d88f031aca88d590bfb2b922f0dfc8a" # flatcar-master
+	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="04a76854b82f448f814ed46958c4d53ff27eefd7" # flatcar-master
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
 fi