diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ca33640..34480c5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-253.7.tar.gz) = 6935508f511930d6e980a7f0a3319295acbbc482cbce4f8f407af399259fe04b095dabd470f8825d84328a7d0f39efe6d5926022c1bdf18ec7fffe43b2586aa1
+SHA512 (systemd-253.9.tar.gz) = 69ef361ea8aae8da0ce909461379219a1a9034940df32f04c5bb9185cbb829ea54b3438cc06eb76ad58d9edf06d16a891ca6a1c901e7ebfc62087a9cd0997df8
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 57bf9af..e904e5c 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        253.7
+Version:        253.9
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')