diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index 1b5ba6c8c..fc2159ed8 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
 pkgbase=systemd
 pkgname=('systemd' 'systemd-libs' 'systemd-resolvconf' 'systemd-sysvcompat')
-_tag='18e68d4fa8109b60e77a7703656c701a14944730' # git rev-parse v${_tag_name}
-_tag_name=252.4
+_tag='b16ce4c7ab80665b65345ea030c51a5c758fe66b' # git rev-parse v${_tag_name}
+_tag_name=252.5
 pkgver="${_tag_name/-/}"
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=1
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='https://www.github.com/systemd/systemd'
 makedepends=('acl' 'cryptsetup' 'docbook-xsl' 'gperf' 'lz4' 'xz' 'pam' 'libelf'
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ 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')
+             'bpf' 'libbpf' 'clang' 'llvm' 'curl' 'gnutls')
 makedepends_aarch64=('gnu-efi-libs')
-options=('debug' 'strip' '!distcc')
+options=('strip' '!distcc')
 validpgpkeys=('63CDA1E5D3FC22B998D20DD6327F26951A015CC4'  # Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
               'A9EA9081724FFAE0484C35A1A81CEA22BC8C7E2E'  # Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
               '9A774DB5DB996C154EBBFBFDA0099A18E29326E1'  # Yu Watanabe <watanabe.yu+github@gmail.com>
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ package_systemd() {
               'quota-tools: kernel-level quota management'
               'systemd-sysvcompat: symlink package to provide sysvinit binaries'
               'polkit: allow administration as unprivileged user'
-              'curl: machinectl pull-tar and pull-raw'
+              'curl: systemd-journal-upload, machinectl pull-tar and pull-raw'
+              'gnutls: systemd-journal-gatewayd and systemd-journal-remote'
               'libbpf: support BPF programs'
               'libfido2: unlocking LUKS2 volumes with FIDO2 token'
               'tpm2-tss: unlocking LUKS2 volumes with TPM2')