diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index bfe99123e0f..0b681ce5bbd 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ pkg/kubelet
 pkg/kubelet/apis
 pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/testing
 pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime
-pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1
+pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha
 pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig
 pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1alpha1
 pkg/kubelet/cadvisor
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-device-plugin-dockerized.sh b/hack/update-generated-device-plugin-dockerized.sh
index 15003fd0ce0..0398058b03f 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-device-plugin-dockerized.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-device-plugin-dockerized.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../" && pwd -P)"
-DEVICE_PLUGIN_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/"
+DEVICE_PLUGIN_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/"
 
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/protoc.sh"
-
 kube::protoc::generate_proto ${DEVICE_PLUGIN_ROOT}
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-device-plugin.sh b/hack/verify-generated-device-plugin.sh
index 10797f3a5ca..c98cebae968 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-device-plugin.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-device-plugin.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-DEVICE_PLUGIN_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/"
 ERROR="Device plugin api is out of date. Please run hack/update-generated-device-plugin.sh"
+DEVICE_PLUGIN_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/"
 
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/protoc.sh"
 kube::golang::setup_env
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/apis/BUILD
index 00352f578d7..490bbd581f9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/BUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/cri:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1:all-srcs",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/stats/v1alpha1:all-srcs",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/BUILD
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/BUILD
rename to pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/BUILD
index f9677feacf2..b60d55569c9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/BUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ go_library(
         "api.pb.go",
         "constants.go",
     ],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha",
     deps = [
         "//vendor/github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/api.pb.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/api.pb.go
similarity index 85%
rename from pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/api.pb.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/api.pb.go
index 2d73929bdf1..6a939acde52 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/api.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/api.pb.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 		Device
 		AllocateRequest
 		AllocateResponse
-		DeviceRuntimeSpec
 		Mount
 		DeviceSpec
 */
@@ -177,64 +176,42 @@ func (m *AllocateRequest) GetDevicesIDs() []string {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// AllocateResponse includes the artifacts that needs to be injected into
+// a container for accessing 'deviceIDs' that were mentioned as part of
+// 'AllocateRequest'.
 // Failure Handling:
 // if Kubelet sends an allocation request for dev1 and dev2.
 // Allocation on dev1 succeeds but allocation on dev2 fails.
 // The Device plugin should send a ListAndWatch update and fail the
 // Allocation request
 type AllocateResponse struct {
-	Spec []*DeviceRuntimeSpec `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=spec" json:"spec,omitempty"`
+	// List of environment variable to be set in the container to access one of more devices.
+	Envs map[string]string `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=envs" json:"envs,omitempty" protobuf_key:"bytes,1,opt,name=key,proto3" protobuf_val:"bytes,2,opt,name=value,proto3"`
+	// Mounts for the container.
+	Mounts []*Mount `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=mounts" json:"mounts,omitempty"`
+	// Devices for the container.
+	Devices []*DeviceSpec `protobuf:"bytes,3,rep,name=devices" json:"devices,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *AllocateResponse) Reset()                    { *m = AllocateResponse{} }
 func (*AllocateResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
 func (*AllocateResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorApi, []int{5} }
 
-func (m *AllocateResponse) GetSpec() []*DeviceRuntimeSpec {
-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Spec
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// The list to be added to the CRI spec
-type DeviceRuntimeSpec struct {
-	// ID of the Device
-	ID string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=ID,json=iD,proto3" json:"ID,omitempty"`
-	// List of environment variable to set in the container.
-	Envs map[string]string `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=envs" json:"envs,omitempty" protobuf_key:"bytes,1,opt,name=key,proto3" protobuf_val:"bytes,2,opt,name=value,proto3"`
-	// Mounts for the container.
-	Mounts []*Mount `protobuf:"bytes,3,rep,name=mounts" json:"mounts,omitempty"`
-	// Devices for the container
-	Devices []*DeviceSpec `protobuf:"bytes,4,rep,name=devices" json:"devices,omitempty"`
-}
-
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) Reset()                    { *m = DeviceRuntimeSpec{} }
-func (*DeviceRuntimeSpec) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*DeviceRuntimeSpec) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorApi, []int{6} }
-
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) GetID() string {
-	if m != nil {
-		return m.ID
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) GetEnvs() map[string]string {
+func (m *AllocateResponse) GetEnvs() map[string]string {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.Envs
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) GetMounts() []*Mount {
+func (m *AllocateResponse) GetMounts() []*Mount {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.Mounts
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) GetDevices() []*DeviceSpec {
+func (m *AllocateResponse) GetDevices() []*DeviceSpec {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.Devices
 	}
@@ -254,7 +231,7 @@ type Mount struct {
 
 func (m *Mount) Reset()                    { *m = Mount{} }
 func (*Mount) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*Mount) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorApi, []int{7} }
+func (*Mount) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorApi, []int{6} }
 
 func (m *Mount) GetContainerPath() string {
 	if m != nil {
@@ -292,7 +269,7 @@ type DeviceSpec struct {
 
 func (m *DeviceSpec) Reset()                    { *m = DeviceSpec{} }
 func (*DeviceSpec) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*DeviceSpec) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorApi, []int{8} }
+func (*DeviceSpec) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorApi, []int{7} }
 
 func (m *DeviceSpec) GetContainerPath() string {
 	if m != nil {
@@ -322,7 +299,6 @@ func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*Device)(nil), "deviceplugin.Device")
 	proto.RegisterType((*AllocateRequest)(nil), "deviceplugin.AllocateRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*AllocateResponse)(nil), "deviceplugin.AllocateResponse")
-	proto.RegisterType((*DeviceRuntimeSpec)(nil), "deviceplugin.DeviceRuntimeSpec")
 	proto.RegisterType((*Mount)(nil), "deviceplugin.Mount")
 	proto.RegisterType((*DeviceSpec)(nil), "deviceplugin.DeviceSpec")
 }
@@ -698,45 +674,9 @@ func (m *AllocateResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
-	if len(m.Spec) > 0 {
-		for _, msg := range m.Spec {
-			dAtA[i] = 0xa
-			i++
-			i = encodeVarintApi(dAtA, i, uint64(msg.Size()))
-			n, err := msg.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
-			if err != nil {
-				return 0, err
-			}
-			i += n
-		}
-	}
-	return i, nil
-}
-
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
-	size := m.Size()
-	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
-	n, err := m.MarshalTo(dAtA)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return dAtA[:n], nil
-}
-
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
-	var i int
-	_ = i
-	var l int
-	_ = l
-	if len(m.ID) > 0 {
-		dAtA[i] = 0xa
-		i++
-		i = encodeVarintApi(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.ID)))
-		i += copy(dAtA[i:], m.ID)
-	}
 	if len(m.Envs) > 0 {
 		for k := range m.Envs {
-			dAtA[i] = 0x12
+			dAtA[i] = 0xa
 			i++
 			v := m.Envs[k]
 			mapSize := 1 + len(k) + sovApi(uint64(len(k))) + 1 + len(v) + sovApi(uint64(len(v)))
@@ -753,7 +693,7 @@ func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 	if len(m.Mounts) > 0 {
 		for _, msg := range m.Mounts {
-			dAtA[i] = 0x1a
+			dAtA[i] = 0x12
 			i++
 			i = encodeVarintApi(dAtA, i, uint64(msg.Size()))
 			n, err := msg.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
@@ -765,7 +705,7 @@ func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 	if len(m.Devices) > 0 {
 		for _, msg := range m.Devices {
-			dAtA[i] = 0x22
+			dAtA[i] = 0x1a
 			i++
 			i = encodeVarintApi(dAtA, i, uint64(msg.Size()))
 			n, err := msg.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
@@ -946,22 +886,6 @@ func (m *AllocateRequest) Size() (n int) {
 func (m *AllocateResponse) Size() (n int) {
 	var l int
 	_ = l
-	if len(m.Spec) > 0 {
-		for _, e := range m.Spec {
-			l = e.Size()
-			n += 1 + l + sovApi(uint64(l))
-		}
-	}
-	return n
-}
-
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) Size() (n int) {
-	var l int
-	_ = l
-	l = len(m.ID)
-	if l > 0 {
-		n += 1 + l + sovApi(uint64(l))
-	}
 	if len(m.Envs) > 0 {
 		for k, v := range m.Envs {
 			_ = k
@@ -1086,16 +1010,6 @@ func (this *AllocateRequest) String() string {
 	return s
 }
 func (this *AllocateResponse) String() string {
-	if this == nil {
-		return "nil"
-	}
-	s := strings.Join([]string{`&AllocateResponse{`,
-		`Spec:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Spec), "DeviceRuntimeSpec", "DeviceRuntimeSpec", 1) + `,`,
-		`}`,
-	}, "")
-	return s
-}
-func (this *DeviceRuntimeSpec) String() string {
 	if this == nil {
 		return "nil"
 	}
@@ -1109,8 +1023,7 @@ func (this *DeviceRuntimeSpec) String() string {
 		mapStringForEnvs += fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v,", k, this.Envs[k])
 	}
 	mapStringForEnvs += "}"
-	s := strings.Join([]string{`&DeviceRuntimeSpec{`,
-		`ID:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.ID) + `,`,
+	s := strings.Join([]string{`&AllocateResponse{`,
 		`Envs:` + mapStringForEnvs + `,`,
 		`Mounts:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Mounts), "Mount", "Mount", 1) + `,`,
 		`Devices:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Devices), "DeviceSpec", "DeviceSpec", 1) + `,`,
@@ -1635,116 +1548,6 @@ func (m *AllocateResponse) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 		}
 		switch fieldNum {
 		case 1:
-			if wireType != 2 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Spec", wireType)
-			}
-			var msglen int
-			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
-				if shift >= 64 {
-					return ErrIntOverflowApi
-				}
-				if iNdEx >= l {
-					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
-				}
-				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
-				iNdEx++
-				msglen |= (int(b) & 0x7F) << shift
-				if b < 0x80 {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-			if msglen < 0 {
-				return ErrInvalidLengthApi
-			}
-			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
-			if postIndex > l {
-				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
-			}
-			m.Spec = append(m.Spec, &DeviceRuntimeSpec{})
-			if err := m.Spec[len(m.Spec)-1].Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			iNdEx = postIndex
-		default:
-			iNdEx = preIndex
-			skippy, err := skipApi(dAtA[iNdEx:])
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if skippy < 0 {
-				return ErrInvalidLengthApi
-			}
-			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
-				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
-			}
-			iNdEx += skippy
-		}
-	}
-
-	if iNdEx > l {
-		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
-	l := len(dAtA)
-	iNdEx := 0
-	for iNdEx < l {
-		preIndex := iNdEx
-		var wire uint64
-		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
-			if shift >= 64 {
-				return ErrIntOverflowApi
-			}
-			if iNdEx >= l {
-				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
-			}
-			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
-			iNdEx++
-			wire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
-			if b < 0x80 {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
-		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
-		if wireType == 4 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("proto: DeviceRuntimeSpec: wiretype end group for non-group")
-		}
-		if fieldNum <= 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("proto: DeviceRuntimeSpec: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
-		}
-		switch fieldNum {
-		case 1:
-			if wireType != 2 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field ID", wireType)
-			}
-			var stringLen uint64
-			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
-				if shift >= 64 {
-					return ErrIntOverflowApi
-				}
-				if iNdEx >= l {
-					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
-				}
-				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
-				iNdEx++
-				stringLen |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
-				if b < 0x80 {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
-			if intStringLen < 0 {
-				return ErrInvalidLengthApi
-			}
-			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
-			if postIndex > l {
-				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
-			}
-			m.ID = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
-			iNdEx = postIndex
-		case 2:
 			if wireType != 2 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Envs", wireType)
 			}
@@ -1860,7 +1663,7 @@ func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 				m.Envs[mapkey] = mapvalue
 			}
 			iNdEx = postIndex
-		case 3:
+		case 2:
 			if wireType != 2 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Mounts", wireType)
 			}
@@ -1891,7 +1694,7 @@ func (m *DeviceRuntimeSpec) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 				return err
 			}
 			iNdEx = postIndex
-		case 4:
+		case 3:
 			if wireType != 2 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Devices", wireType)
 			}
@@ -2316,42 +2119,41 @@ var (
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("api.proto", fileDescriptorApi) }
 
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 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/api.proto b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/api.proto
similarity index 91%
rename from pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/api.proto
rename to pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/api.proto
index e222d14a76f..05408cbb1fa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/api.proto
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/api.proto
@@ -81,25 +81,21 @@ message AllocateRequest {
 	repeated string devicesIDs = 1;
 }
 
+// AllocateResponse includes the artifacts that needs to be injected into
+// a container for accessing 'deviceIDs' that were mentioned as part of
+// 'AllocateRequest'.
 // Failure Handling:
 // if Kubelet sends an allocation request for dev1 and dev2.
 // Allocation on dev1 succeeds but allocation on dev2 fails.
 // The Device plugin should send a ListAndWatch update and fail the
 // Allocation request
 message AllocateResponse {
-	repeated DeviceRuntimeSpec spec = 1;
-}
-
-// The list to be added to the CRI spec
-message DeviceRuntimeSpec {
-	// ID of the Device
-	string ID = 1;
-	// List of environment variable to set in the container.
-	map<string, string> envs = 2;
+  	// List of environment variable to be set in the container to access one of more devices.
+	map<string, string> envs = 1;
 	// Mounts for the container.
-	repeated Mount mounts = 3;
-	// Devices for the container
-	repeated DeviceSpec devices = 4;
+	repeated Mount mounts = 2;
+	// Devices for the container.
+	repeated DeviceSpec devices = 3;
 }
 
 // Mount specifies a host volume to mount into a container.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/constants.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/constants.go
similarity index 93%
rename from pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/constants.go
rename to pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/constants.go
index fb0440cce59..896354ab901 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha/constants.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ const (
 	// UnHealthy means that the device is unhealty
 	Unhealthy = "Unhealthy"
 
-	// Version is the API version
-	Version = "0.1"
+	// Current version of the API supported by kubelet
+	Version = "v1alpha2"
 	// DevicePluginPath is the folder the Device Plugin is expecting sockets to be on
 	// Only privileged pods have access to this path
 	// Note: Placeholder until we find a "standard path"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
index d046325f2b9..b107c893320 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/cri:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/cadvisor:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager:go_default_library",
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ go_test(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm",
     library = ":go_default_library",
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/mount:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index 61a34fc079a..d320c90d2ec 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -628,56 +628,60 @@ func (cm *containerManagerImpl) GetResources(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Containe
 	}
 	// Loops through AllocationResponses of all required extended resources.
 	for _, resp := range allocResps {
-		// Loops through runtime spec of all devices of the given resource.
-		for _, devRuntime := range resp.Spec {
-			// Updates RunContainerOptions.Devices.
-			for _, dev := range devRuntime.Devices {
-				if d, ok := devsMap[dev.ContainerPath]; ok {
-					glog.V(3).Infof("skip existing device %s %s", dev.ContainerPath, dev.HostPath)
-					if d != dev.HostPath {
-						glog.Errorf("Container device %s has conflicting mapping host devices: %s and %s",
-							dev.ContainerPath, d, dev.HostPath)
-					}
-					continue
+		// Each Allocate response has the following artifacts.
+		// Environment variables
+		// Mount points
+		// Device files
+		// These artifacts are per resource per container.
+		// Updates RunContainerOptions.Envs.
+		for k, v := range resp.Envs {
+			if e, ok := envsMap[k]; ok {
+				glog.V(3).Infof("skip existing envs %s %s", k, v)
+				if e != v {
+					glog.Errorf("Environment variable %s has conflicting setting: %s and %s", k, e, v)
 				}
-				devsMap[dev.ContainerPath] = dev.HostPath
-				opts.Devices = append(opts.Devices, kubecontainer.DeviceInfo{
-					PathOnHost:      dev.HostPath,
-					PathInContainer: dev.ContainerPath,
-					Permissions:     dev.Permissions,
-				})
+				continue
 			}
-			// Updates RunContainerOptions.Mounts.
-			for _, mount := range devRuntime.Mounts {
-				if m, ok := mountsMap[mount.ContainerPath]; ok {
-					glog.V(3).Infof("skip existing mount %s %s", mount.ContainerPath, mount.HostPath)
-					if m != mount.HostPath {
-						glog.Errorf("Container mount %s has conflicting mapping host mounts: %s and %s",
-							mount.ContainerPath, m, mount.HostPath)
-					}
-					continue
+			envsMap[k] = v
+			opts.Envs = append(opts.Envs, kubecontainer.EnvVar{Name: k, Value: v})
+		}
+
+		// Updates RunContainerOptions.Devices.
+		for _, dev := range resp.Devices {
+			if d, ok := devsMap[dev.ContainerPath]; ok {
+				glog.V(3).Infof("skip existing device %s %s", dev.ContainerPath, dev.HostPath)
+				if d != dev.HostPath {
+					glog.Errorf("Container device %s has conflicting mapping host devices: %s and %s",
+						dev.ContainerPath, d, dev.HostPath)
 				}
-				mountsMap[mount.ContainerPath] = mount.HostPath
-				opts.Mounts = append(opts.Mounts, kubecontainer.Mount{
-					Name:           mount.ContainerPath,
-					ContainerPath:  mount.ContainerPath,
-					HostPath:       mount.HostPath,
-					ReadOnly:       mount.ReadOnly,
-					SELinuxRelabel: false,
-				})
+				continue
 			}
-			// Updates RunContainerOptions.Envs.
-			for k, v := range devRuntime.Envs {
-				if e, ok := envsMap[k]; ok {
-					glog.V(3).Infof("skip existing envs %s %s", k, v)
-					if e != v {
-						glog.Errorf("Environment variable %s has conflicting setting: %s and %s", k, e, v)
-					}
-					continue
+			devsMap[dev.ContainerPath] = dev.HostPath
+			opts.Devices = append(opts.Devices, kubecontainer.DeviceInfo{
+				PathOnHost:      dev.HostPath,
+				PathInContainer: dev.ContainerPath,
+				Permissions:     dev.Permissions,
+			})
+		}
+		// Updates RunContainerOptions.Mounts.
+		for _, mount := range resp.Mounts {
+			if m, ok := mountsMap[mount.ContainerPath]; ok {
+				glog.V(3).Infof("skip existing mount %s %s", mount.ContainerPath, mount.HostPath)
+				if m != mount.HostPath {
+					glog.Errorf("Container mount %s has conflicting mapping host mounts: %s and %s",
+						mount.ContainerPath, m, mount.HostPath)
 				}
-				envsMap[k] = v
-				opts.Envs = append(opts.Envs, kubecontainer.EnvVar{Name: k, Value: v})
+				continue
 			}
+			mountsMap[mount.ContainerPath] = mount.HostPath
+			opts.Mounts = append(opts.Mounts, kubecontainer.Mount{
+				Name:          mount.ContainerPath,
+				ContainerPath: mount.ContainerPath,
+				HostPath:      mount.HostPath,
+				ReadOnly:      mount.ReadOnly,
+				// TODO: This may need to be part of Device plugin API.
+				SELinuxRelabel: false,
+			})
 		}
 	}
 	return opts, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler.go
index 790f720eeca..8217e107d2a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_stub.go
index a70c281086c..879997f5504 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_stub.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package cm
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 // A simple stub implementation for DevicePluginHandler.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_test.go
index e9df09ef2cc..99d375f65dc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/device_plugin_handler_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 func TestUpdateCapacity(t *testing.T) {
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ func (m *DevicePluginManagerTestStub) Allocate(resourceName string, devIds []str
 	for _, id := range devIds {
 		key := resourceName + id
 		fmt.Printf("Alloc device %q for resource %q\n", id, resourceName)
-		devRuntime := new(pluginapi.DeviceRuntimeSpec)
 		for _, dev := range m.devRuntimeDevices[key] {
-			devRuntime.Devices = append(devRuntime.Devices, &pluginapi.DeviceSpec{
+			resp.Devices = append(resp.Devices, &pluginapi.DeviceSpec{
 				ContainerPath: dev.value1,
 				HostPath:      dev.value2,
 				Permissions:   "mrw",
@@ -109,17 +108,16 @@ func (m *DevicePluginManagerTestStub) Allocate(resourceName string, devIds []str
 		}
 		for _, mount := range m.devRuntimeMounts[key] {
 			fmt.Printf("Add mount %q %q\n", mount.value1, mount.value2)
-			devRuntime.Mounts = append(devRuntime.Mounts, &pluginapi.Mount{
+			resp.Mounts = append(resp.Mounts, &pluginapi.Mount{
 				ContainerPath: mount.value1,
 				HostPath:      mount.value2,
 				ReadOnly:      true,
 			})
 		}
-		devRuntime.Envs = make(map[string]string)
+		resp.Envs = make(map[string]string)
 		for _, env := range m.devRuntimeEnvs[key] {
-			devRuntime.Envs[env.value1] = env.value2
+			resp.Envs[env.value1] = env.value2
 		}
-		resp.Spec = append(resp.Spec, devRuntime)
 	}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -164,6 +162,7 @@ func TestCheckpoint(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPodContainerDeviceAllocation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Skipping due to issue #54100")
 	flag.Set("alsologtostderr", fmt.Sprintf("%t", true))
 	var logLevel string
 	flag.StringVar(&logLevel, "logLevel", "4", "test")
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/BUILD
index beaaaaebd82..c6cb50c6258 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/BUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api/v1/helper:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/golang.org/x/net/context:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/google.golang.org/grpc:go_default_library",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ go_test(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin",
     library = ":go_default_library",
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/require:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/device_plugin_stub.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/device_plugin_stub.go
index a0f103d03a9..01f08c15987 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/device_plugin_stub.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/device_plugin_stub.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 // Stub implementation for DevicePlugin.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint.go
index f0523471a38..fc55006a60d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 // endpoint maps to a single registered device plugin. It is responsible
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint_test.go
index a1786711de9..362856c69a5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/endpoint_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager.go
index 5c05a972894..6701dc63228 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 // ManagerImpl is the structure in charge of managing Device Plugins.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
index cdc43a0b255..835ce09a949 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/manager_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/types.go
index 3a2eae6fee1..6ef8046687f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/types.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package deviceplugin
 
 import (
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 // MonitorCallback is the function called when a device's health state changes,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils.go
index b30ac2f640e..ce7f19665cb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1helper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/helper"
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 func cloneDevice(d *pluginapi.Device) *pluginapi.Device {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils_test.go
index 33924605c5c..99156d6475d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/deviceplugin/utils_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha1"
+	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/deviceplugin/v1alpha"
 )
 
 func TestCloneDevice(t *testing.T) {