diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py
index b603cdd1c4..406ddf7457 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/actions.py
@@ -24,16 +24,19 @@ def build():
 
     shelltools.cd("src/github.com/containerd/containerd")
     
-    shelltools.system("LDFLAGS= GOPATH=%s make GIT_COMMIT=209a7fc" % get.curDIR())
+    #shelltools.system("LDFLAGS= GOPATH=%s make GIT_COMMIT=72cec4b" % get.curDIR())
+
+    shelltools.system("LDFLAGS= make GIT_COMMIT=72cec4b EXTRA_LDFLAGS='-buildid='")
 
 def install():
     shelltools.cd("%s/containerd" % get.workDIR())
 
-    pisitools.dobin("bin/*")
-    
+    #pisitools.dobin("bin/*")
+    autotools.rawInstall("DESTDIR=%s/usr" % get.installDIR())
+
     # symlink containerd/run (nice integration with docker)
     pisitools.dosym("/usr/bin/containerd", "/usr/bin/docker-containerd")
     pisitools.dosym("/usr/bin/containerd-shim", "/usr/bin/docker-containerd-shim")
     pisitools.dosym("/usr/bin/ctr", "/usr/bin/docker-containerd-ctr")
     
-    pisitools.dodoc("MAINTAINERS", "README*")
+    pisitools.dodoc("LICENSE", "README*")
diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml
index 8712a2d678..c4eb333b90 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/containerd/pspec.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <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="4e976a4365c44a30f89aeae4d31b00eca914bfb5" type="targz">https://github.com/containerd/containerd/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="c0a971d34472b809f584586087791ff34c50388c" type="targz">https://github.com/containerd/containerd/archive/v1.5.5.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency versionFrom="1.10.3">golang</Dependency>
             <Dependency>git</Dependency>
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="6">
+            <Date>2021-08-02</Date>
+            <Version>1.5.5</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="5">
             <Date>2020-03-19</Date>
             <Version>1.1.0</Version>