diff --git a/hack/versions b/hack/versions
index 191829955..66ff2ad34 100644
--- a/hack/versions
+++ b/hack/versions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 RUNC_VERSION=639454475cb9c8b861cc599f8bcd5c8c790ae402
 CNI_VERSION=v0.4.0
 CONTAINERD_VERSION=8ed1e24ae925b5c6d8195858ee89dddb0507d65f
-CRITEST_VERSION=v0.1
+CRITEST_VERSION=74bbd4e142f752f13c648d9dde23defed3e472a2
diff --git a/pkg/metadata/container.go b/pkg/metadata/container.go
index 5567d91d7..4fba290d7 100644
--- a/pkg/metadata/container.go
+++ b/pkg/metadata/container.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package metadata
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 
-	runtimespec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime"
 
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-containerd/pkg/metadata/store"
@@ -74,11 +73,6 @@ type ContainerMetadata struct {
 	// into the store directly.
 	// TODO(random-liu): Reset this field to false during state recovery.
 	Removing bool
-	// TODO(random-liu): Remove following field after switching to new containerd
-	// client.
-	// Not including them in unit test now because they will be removed soon.
-	// Spec is the oci runtime spec used to run the container.
-	Spec *runtimespec.Spec
 }
 
 // State returns current state of the container based on the metadata.
diff --git a/pkg/server/container_create.go b/pkg/server/container_create.go
index 9467311bb..81f3d636b 100644
--- a/pkg/server/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/server/container_create.go
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ func (c *criContainerdService) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.C
 
 	// Update container CreatedAt.
 	meta.CreatedAt = time.Now().UnixNano()
-	meta.Spec = spec
 	// Add container into container store.
 	if err := c.containerStore.Create(meta); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to add container metadata %+v into store: %v",
diff --git a/pkg/server/container_create_test.go b/pkg/server/container_create_test.go
index 85a0cdd6a..be25b255b 100644
--- a/pkg/server/container_create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/container_create_test.go
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ func TestCreateContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		test.expectMeta.ID = id
 		// TODO(random-liu): Use fake clock to test CreatedAt.
 		test.expectMeta.CreatedAt = meta.CreatedAt
-		test.expectMeta.Spec = spec
 		assert.Equal(t, test.expectMeta, meta, "container metadata should be created")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/server/container_execsync.go b/pkg/server/container_execsync.go
index 009768dde..dcdf9fc8a 100644
--- a/pkg/server/container_execsync.go
+++ b/pkg/server/container_execsync.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/containers"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/execution"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
 	prototypes "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func (c *criContainerdService) ExecSync(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ExecSync
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// Get container config from container store.
+	// Get container metadata from our container store.
 	meta, err := c.containerStore.Get(r.GetContainerId())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("an error occurred when try to find container %q: %v", r.GetContainerId(), err)
@@ -55,6 +56,22 @@ func (c *criContainerdService) ExecSync(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ExecSync
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("container %q is in %s state", id, criContainerStateToString(meta.State()))
 	}
 
+	// Get exec process spec.
+	cntrResp, err := c.containerService.Get(ctx, &containers.GetContainerRequest{ID: id})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get container %q from containerd: %v", id, err)
+	}
+	var spec runtimespec.Spec
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(cntrResp.Container.Spec.Value, &spec); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal container spec: %v", err)
+	}
+	pspec := &spec.Process
+	pspec.Args = r.GetCmd()
+	rawSpec, err := json.Marshal(pspec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal oci process spec %+v: %v", pspec, err)
+	}
+
 	// TODO(random-liu): Replace the following logic with containerd client and add unit test.
 	// Prepare streaming pipes.
 	execDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(getContainerRootDir(c.rootDir, id), "exec")
@@ -88,13 +105,6 @@ func (c *criContainerdService) ExecSync(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.ExecSync
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get containerd event: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	spec := &meta.Spec.Process
-	spec.Args = r.GetCmd()
-	rawSpec, err := json.Marshal(spec)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal oci spec %+v: %v", spec, err)
-	}
-
 	resp, err := c.taskService.Exec(ctx, &execution.ExecRequest{
 		ContainerID: id,
 		Terminal:    false,