diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/files/rkt-gc.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/files/rkt-gc.service
index 8b9a858c7b..f7c049394e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/files/rkt-gc.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/files/rkt-gc.service
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 Description=Garbage Collection for rkt
 
 [Service]
-Environment=GRACE_PERIOD=1d
+Environment=GRACE_PERIOD=24h
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/rkt gc --grace-period=$GRACE_PERIOD
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-0.5.5.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-0.5.5-r1.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-0.5.5.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-0.5.5-r1.ebuild