diff --git a/containerd/.signature b/containerd/.signature
index de25d3715..41eeeb6b6 100644
--- a/containerd/.signature
+++ b/containerd/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF39/GwIKEUX4bo7xOQky1eXMD1j7eUzIMviRt+6e3yYM//8RkvU/cVpdjvOqywPAGNHkKNFWYBSYPTJQO8DYHNAE=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 7816b4479804ba012f6e8e50279ee96f413cea4996a086ea17ca0ebb3bbef890
+RWSagIOpLGJF393U5WJ6WyO17B/uRx+tbdYOCO9mQMlto09bcAC7qWdzq4cw1MsKNFRNKtu9S36g4BPJCXEdpwCjPUJ/GF4LGAM=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 5741f9ea37d272a6901bc4d6258048438547db1d3ad8d744a18b4a751ea86eb0
 SHA256 (.footprint) = fcb21e77eaefae687cbea41bdacbe47a1191c052138040fc15368af8bf7b436c
-SHA256 (containerd-1.6.6.tar.xz) = d1ebf232e5b1b3a4a5f7eb510a325f77021ee94f98fd34089afd1bdd3c4feae1
+SHA256 (containerd-1.6.8.tar.xz) = 96de3a8694b3c82a6549e615085a7041f7e8b5aa41dec4979e0758e8492c9a1a
diff --git a/containerd/Pkgfile b/containerd/Pkgfile
index fda2c3f7d..18a4ba179 100644
--- a/containerd/Pkgfile
+++ b/containerd/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on: go btrfs-progs git libseccomp
 
 name=containerd
-version=1.6.6
+version=1.6.8
 release=1
 source=(http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/crux/files/$name-$version.tar.xz)
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ build() {
     cd $name
     export GOPATH=$SRC
     # use the long commit hash here
-    make GIT_COMMIT=10c12954828e7c7c9b6e0ea9b0c02b01407d3ae1
+    make GIT_COMMIT=9cd3357b7fd7218e4aec3eae239db1f68a5a6ec6
     install -d -m 0755 $PKG/usr/bin
     install -m 0755 bin/* $PKG/usr/bin/
 }