diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.5.5-r3.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.5.5-r3.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-9999.ebuild
index 11d590ad5b..536ef3ca79 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-emulation/rkt"
 S="$WORKDIR"
 
 src_install() {
-	sed "s/{{flannel_ver}}/${PV}/" "${FILESDIR}"/flanneld-rkt.service >"${T}"/flanneld.service
+	sed "s/{{flannel_ver}}/v${PV}/" "${FILESDIR}"/flanneld-rkt.service >"${T}"/flanneld.service
 	systemd_dounit "${T}"/flanneld.service
 
 	insinto /usr/lib/systemd/network