diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild
index d50270645b..86b90c98b1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-9999.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=6
 
 GITHUB_URI="github.com/containerd/containerd"
 COREOS_GO_PACKAGE="${GITHUB_URI}"
-COREOS_GO_VERSION="go1.13"
+COREOS_GO_VERSION="go1.16"
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://${GITHUB_URI}.git"