diff --git a/changelog/bugfixes/2022-04-12-skip-ensure-sysext.md b/changelog/bugfixes/2022-04-12-skip-ensure-sysext.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26833e50925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/bugfixes/2022-04-12-skip-ensure-sysext.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Skipped starting `ensure-sysext.service` if `systemd-sysext.service` won't be started, to prevent reporting a dependency failure ([Flatcar#710](https://github.com/flatcar-linux/Flatcar/issues/710))
diff --git a/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild b/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
index a9e3b825e69..f623e8261ce 100644
--- a/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
+++ b/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CROS_WORKON_REPO="https://github.com"
 if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 else
-	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="d76453b957f1e9ebe428c66ea6c9e3bb9a2d3489" # flatcar-master
+	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="656181fd8e80fd10f44b8e0ec64998cfd1ff8901" # flatcar-master
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 x86"
 fi