diff --git a/cmd/containerd-stress/main.go b/cmd/containerd-stress/main.go
index 3b2b030fb..a53ca6e77 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd-stress/main.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd-stress/main.go
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ func test(c config) error {
 	if c.Exec {
 		args = oci.WithProcessArgs("sleep", "10")
 	}
+	v, err := client.Version(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	// create the workers along with their spec
 	for i := 0; i < c.Concurrency; i++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@ func test(c config) error {
 			image:  image,
 			client: client,
 			doExec: c.Exec,
+			commit: v.Revision,
 		}
 		workers = append(workers, w)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/containerd-stress/worker.go b/cmd/containerd-stress/worker.go
index a66148220..0386b3daa 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd-stress/worker.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd-stress/worker.go
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-var ct metrics.Timer
+var ct metrics.LabeledTimer
 
 func init() {
 	ns := metrics.NewNamespace("stress", "", nil)
 	// if you want more fine grained metrics then you can drill down with the metrics in prom that
 	// containerd is outputing
-	ct = ns.NewTimer("run", "Run time of a full container during the test")
+	ct = ns.NewLabeledTimer("run", "Run time of a full container during the test", "commit")
 	metrics.Register(ns)
 }
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type worker struct {
 	image  containerd.Image
 	spec   *specs.Spec
 	doExec bool
+	commit string
 }
 
 func (w *worker) run(ctx, tctx context.Context) {
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (w *worker) run(ctx, tctx context.Context) {
 			continue
 		}
 		// only log times are success so we don't scew the results from failures that go really fast
-		ct.UpdateSince(start)
+		ct.WithValues(w.commit).UpdateSince(start)
 	}
 }