diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 1f47f5e575..48423344ae 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ externals:
     # CCv0 is using our fork of containerd as the changes can't be merged yet
     url: "github.com/confidential-containers/containerd"
     tarball_url: "https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download"
-    version: "v1.6.6"
+    version: "v1.6.8"
     # CCv0 needs to build a branch from our fork to install containerd
     branch: "CC-main"