diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py
index 573f3e81cf..432f053346 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ def build():
     
     #shelltools.system("LDFLAGS= GOPATH=%s make GIT_COMMIT=72cec4b" % get.curDIR())
 
-    shelltools.system("LDFLAGS= make GIT_COMMIT=a17ec49 EXTRA_LDFLAGS='-buildid='")
+    shelltools.system("LDFLAGS= make GIT_COMMIT=9cd3357 EXTRA_LDFLAGS='-buildid='")
 
 def install():
     shelltools.cd("%s/containerd" % get.workDIR())
 
     #pisitools.dobin("bin/*")
-    autotools.rawInstall("DESTDIR=%s/usr" % get.installDIR())
+    autotools.rawInstall("PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=%s" % get.installDIR())
 
     # symlink containerd/run (nice integration with docker)
     pisitools.dosym("/usr/bin/containerd", "/usr/bin/docker-containerd")
diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml
index 8e0e3292f4..4b3fe18412 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
         <License>Apache-2.0</License>
         <Summary>A daemon to control runC, built for performance and density.</Summary>
         <Description>is a daemon with an API and a command line client, to manage containers on one machine. It uses runC to run containers according to the OCI specification.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="1110bf9d022c10fc272b46c2179521e373ebd06a" type="targz">https://github.com/containerd/containerd/archive/v1.5.13.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="fb6d40a0d2c2fd7f541e4cbf20151a600ee662e2" type="targz">https://github.com/containerd/containerd/archive/v1.6.8.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
-            <Dependency versionFrom="1.10.3">golang</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="1.19.1">golang</Dependency>
             <Dependency>git</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libseccomp-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>btrfs-progs-devel</Dependency>
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="8">
+            <Date>2022-09-15</Date>
+            <Version>1.6.8</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="7">
             <Date>2022-06-07</Date>
             <Version>1.5.13</Version>