diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/bugfixes/2022-01-09-initrd-setup-root.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/bugfixes/2022-01-09-initrd-setup-root.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfda2d073c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/bugfixes/2022-01-09-initrd-setup-root.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- The rootfs setup in the initrd now runs systemd-tmpfiles on every boot, not only when Ignition runs, to fix a dbus failure due to missing files ([Flatcar#944](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/944))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/bootengine/bootengine-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/bootengine/bootengine-9999.ebuild
index 2b82c452ab..a78ecc3e25 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/bootengine/bootengine-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/bootengine/bootengine-9999.ebuild
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CROS_WORKON_REPO="https://github.com"
 if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 else
-	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="95bb406972f1846945e8e355ab98cafa570f273f" # flatcar-master
+	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="bda2db88381eab5a572a50c0eaae747906a7005c" # flatcar-master
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 x86"
 fi