diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index 78dfbfd24..05afc2d72 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ pkgname=('systemd'
          'systemd-resolvconf'
          'systemd-sysvcompat'
          'systemd-ukify')
-_tag='c017ed867787d09484ba7de75a8f025820596955' # git rev-parse v${_tag_name}
-_tag_name=253.6
+_tag='9ffd1620fb5625e5e558a63935a8786f550b7f27' # git rev-parse v${_tag_name}
+_tag_name=253.7
 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'