diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index 0a9a34b51..1b5ba6c8c 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkgname=('systemd' 'systemd-libs' 'systemd-resolvconf' 'systemd-sysvcompat')
 _tag='18e68d4fa8109b60e77a7703656c701a14944730' # git rev-parse v${_tag_name}
 _tag_name=252.4
 pkgver="${_tag_name/-/}"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='https://www.github.com/systemd/systemd'
 makedepends=('acl' 'cryptsetup' 'docbook-xsl' 'gperf' 'lz4' 'xz' 'pam' 'libelf'
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ sha512sums=('SKIP'
             '825b9dd0167c072ba62cabe0677e7cd20f2b4b850328022540f122689d8b25315005fa98ce867cf6e7460b2b26df16b88bb3b5c9ebf721746dce4e2271af7b97')
 
 _backports=(
+  # rules: add missing line continuation
+  'de8409ac43f6e4596de4cecce8dbbb5f1f2a18b1'
 )
 
 _reverts=(