diff --git a/containerd/containerd.go b/containerd/containerd.go
index 8d00c6b..50c1cdd 100644
--- a/containerd/containerd.go
+++ b/containerd/containerd.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type ContainerConfig struct {
 	AllocDirDest          string
 	Env                   []string
 	MemoryLimit           int64
+	MemoryHardLimit       int64
 	CPUShares             int64
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ func (d *Driver) createContainer(containerConfig *ContainerConfig, config *TaskC
 	opts = append(opts, oci.WithEnv(containerConfig.Env))
 
 	// Set cgroups memory limit.
-	opts = append(opts, oci.WithMemoryLimit(uint64(containerConfig.MemoryLimit)))
+	opts = append(opts, WithMemoryLimits(containerConfig.MemoryLimit, containerConfig.MemoryHardLimit))
 
 	// Set CPU Shares.
 	opts = append(opts, oci.WithCPUShares(uint64(containerConfig.CPUShares)))
diff --git a/containerd/driver.go b/containerd/driver.go
index 30a48a6..6ecd340 100644
--- a/containerd/driver.go
+++ b/containerd/driver.go
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ func (d *Driver) StartTask(cfg *drivers.TaskConfig) (*drivers.TaskHandle, *drive
 
 	// memory and cpu are coming from the resources stanza of the nomad job.
 	// https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/resources
-	containerConfig.MemoryLimit = cfg.Resources.LinuxResources.MemoryLimitBytes
+	containerConfig.MemoryLimit = cfg.Resources.NomadResources.Memory.MemoryMB * 1024 * 1024
+	containerConfig.MemoryHardLimit = cfg.Resources.NomadResources.Memory.MemoryMaxMB * 1024 * 1024
 	containerConfig.CPUShares = cfg.Resources.LinuxResources.CPUShares
 
 	container, err := d.createContainer(&containerConfig, &driverConfig)
diff --git a/containerd/utils.go b/containerd/utils.go
index ef9c4e9..fdbab31 100644
--- a/containerd/utils.go
+++ b/containerd/utils.go
@@ -60,3 +60,28 @@ func WithSysctls(sysctls map[string]string) oci.SpecOpts {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// WithMemoryLimits accepts soft (`memory`) and hard (`memory_max`) limits as parameters and set the desired
+// limits. With `Nomad<1.1.0` releases, soft (`memory`) will act as a hard limit, and if the container process exceeds
+// that limit, it will be OOM'ed. With `Nomad>=1.1.0` releases, users can over-provision using `soft` and `hard`
+// limits.  The container process will only get OOM'ed if the hard limit is exceeded.
+func WithMemoryLimits(soft, hard int64) oci.SpecOpts {
+	return func(_ context.Context, _ oci.Client, _ *containers.Container, s *oci.Spec) error {
+		if s.Linux != nil {
+			if s.Linux.Resources == nil {
+				s.Linux.Resources = &specs.LinuxResources{}
+			}
+			if s.Linux.Resources.Memory == nil {
+				s.Linux.Resources.Memory = &specs.LinuxMemory{}
+			}
+
+			if hard > 0 {
+				s.Linux.Resources.Memory.Limit = &hard
+				s.Linux.Resources.Memory.Reservation = &soft
+			} else {
+				s.Linux.Resources.Memory.Limit = &soft
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}