diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index 05afc2d72..73df851de 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - disable gold/LTO
-#  - removed makedepend on gnu-efi-libs, set -Dgnuefi=false for !aarch64
 #  - add 242-1 changes in systemd.install to fix systemd-timesyncd
 #  - change SBAT information for ALARM
 #  - !distcc - systemd is finding distcc's clang symlink without clang
@@ -14,8 +13,8 @@ pkgname=('systemd'
          'systemd-resolvconf'
          'systemd-sysvcompat'
          'systemd-ukify')
-_tag='9ffd1620fb5625e5e558a63935a8786f550b7f27' # git rev-parse v${_tag_name}
-_tag_name=253.7
+_tag='34818a93c640ce377f0d00849a74e029624b4a12' # git rev-parse v${_tag_name}
+_tag_name=254
 pkgver="${_tag_name/-/}"
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ makedepends=('acl' 'cryptsetup' 'docbook-xsl' 'gperf' 'lz4' 'xz' 'pam' 'libelf'
              'python-jinja' 'python-lxml' 'quota-tools' 'shadow' 'git'
              'meson' 'libseccomp' 'pcre2' 'audit' 'kexec-tools' 'libxkbcommon'
              'bash-completion' 'p11-kit' 'systemd' 'libfido2' 'tpm2-tss' 'rsync'
-             'bpf' 'libbpf' 'clang' 'llvm' 'curl' 'gnutls')
-makedepends_aarch64=('gnu-efi-libs')
+             'bpf' 'libbpf' 'clang' 'llvm' 'curl' 'gnutls' 'python-pyelftools')
+checkdepends=('python-pefile')
 options=('strip' '!distcc')
 validpgpkeys=('63CDA1E5D3FC22B998D20DD6327F26951A015CC4'  # Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
               'A9EA9081724FFAE0484C35A1A81CEA22BC8C7E2E'  # Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ sha512sums=('SKIP'
             'SKIP'
             '3ccf783c28f7a1c857120abac4002ca91ae1f92205dcd5a84aff515d57e706a3f9240d75a0a67cff5085716885e06e62597baa86897f298662ec36a940cf410e'
             '4a6cd0cf6764863985dc5ad774d7c93b574645a05b3295f989342951d43c71696d069641592e37eeadb6d6f0531576de96b6392224452f15cd9f056fae038f8e'
-            '12f3c011a0164d28b092722639fff92c663c18b032d421695b0a72dbf123dd0908e3822087766ee922e131c02126f67ba2e1983c5cc244f5c4884dfed8605d00'
+            '94a3bf4720d428c2ec4e6c493f78debeb3d3b865ba2bef266f388bffccda8592af81a1fa2cd98f3d60720935e796572fa07256ffafb8d73342214f0ca8ba7acc'
             'a8c7e4a2cc9c9987e3c957a1fc3afe8281f2281fffd2e890913dcf00cf704024fb80d86cb75f9314b99b0e03bac275b22de93307bfc226d8be9435497e95b7e6'
             '61032d29241b74a0f28446f8cf1be0e8ec46d0847a61dadb2a4f096e8686d5f57fe5c72bcf386003f6520bc4b5856c32d63bf3efe7eb0bc0deefc9f68159e648'
             'c416e2121df83067376bcaacb58c05b01990f4614ad9de657d74b6da3efa441af251d13bf21e3f0f71ddcb4c9ea658b81da3d915667dc5c309c87ec32a1cb5a5'
@@ -121,8 +120,6 @@ build() {
   CFLAGS+=" -fno-lto"
   CXXFLAGS+=" -fno-lto"
 
-  [[ $CARCH == "aarch64" ]] && gnu_efi="true" || gnu_efi="false"
-
   local _meson_options=(
     # internal version comparison is incompatible with pacman:
     #   249~rc1 < 249 < 249.1 < 249rc
@@ -130,8 +127,8 @@ build() {
     -Dshared-lib-tag="${pkgver}-${pkgrel}"
     -Dmode=release
 
+    -Dbootloader=true
     -Dbpf-framework=true
-    -Dgnu-efi=$gnu_efi
     -Dima=false
     -Dlibidn2=true
     -Dlz4=true
@@ -210,6 +207,7 @@ package_systemd() {
           etc/systemd/system.conf
           etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
           etc/systemd/user.conf
+          etc/udev/iocost.conf
           etc/udev/udev.conf)
   install=systemd.install
 
diff --git a/core/systemd/initcpio-install-systemd b/core/systemd/initcpio-install-systemd
index ff29d8c54..d59900c35 100644
--- a/core/systemd/initcpio-install-systemd
+++ b/core/systemd/initcpio-install-systemd
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ build() {
         slices.target \
         sockets.target \
         swap.target \
+        systemd-battery-check.service \
         systemd-fsck@.service \
-        systemd-hibernate-resume@.service \
         systemd-journald-audit.socket \
         systemd-journald-dev-log.socket \
         systemd-journald.service \
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ build() {
         systemd-udevd-kernel.socket \
         systemd-udevd.service \
         systemd-udev-trigger.service \
+        systemd-vconsole-setup.service \
         timers.target \
         rescue.target \
         emergency.target