diff --git a/containerd/.signature b/containerd/.signature
index caaf09391..21368b04d 100644
--- a/containerd/.signature
+++ b/containerd/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3xNOpvoyJ9IGy/upLbWLkX9g32jc7rRzRtL0ri2K5XWPwt45WBhAui17GyfE6KFHzR+dgZCC9ZsXbJwT+xSoUQo=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 2aa8b9b91c5b01fcaa0dfac4535990d9d95ac2a8a89063bb88cee978feae5f31
+RWSagIOpLGJF35FqN+NelhV8kw8XCmC6bI9dxDusfPRtsuiAHv7SMMHf+Emse0CiJN/kS4l/M/hXaFwdJa8S+ZxuBcziwsK1FAA=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 3d49fad3f87ce5ff2bcb884c018b3fe0725cde17ae5a4c79513eef66ef189ccf
 SHA256 (.footprint) = fcb21e77eaefae687cbea41bdacbe47a1191c052138040fc15368af8bf7b436c
-SHA256 (containerd-1.6.15.tar.xz) = e20813aad62992a60e8010e2d94c2473054b7871fc1465a2675305240e0ee3ec
+SHA256 (containerd-1.6.16.tar.xz) = 32323f5ce0c5ae40d212cb565737fc037ec337c0dc0e106ab71ff55188deeba3
diff --git a/containerd/Pkgfile b/containerd/Pkgfile
index ad45d2e6f..48af5e72d 100644
--- a/containerd/Pkgfile
+++ b/containerd/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on: go btrfs-progs git libseccomp
 
 name=containerd
-version=1.6.15
+version=1.6.16
 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=5b842e528e99d4d4c1686467debf2bd4b88ecd86
+    make GIT_COMMIT=31aa4358a36870b21a992d3ad2bef29e1d693bec
     install -d -m 0755 $PKG/usr/bin
     install -m 0755 bin/* $PKG/usr/bin/
 }