diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index 9c95553bd..8d40ca8b5 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pkgname=('systemd' 'libsystemd' 'systemd-sysvcompat')
 # Can be from either systemd or systemd-stable
 _commit='f58e62cbbc1c2842881a2a6ab9beda7bcb044a30'
 pkgver=238.133
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://www.github.com/systemd/systemd"
 makedepends=('acl' 'cryptsetup' 'docbook-xsl' 'gperf' 'lz4' 'xz' 'pam' 'libelf'
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ sha512sums=('SKIP'
 _backports=(
   # nspawn: wait for network namespace creation before interface setup (#8633)
   '7511655807e90aa33ea7b71991401a79ec36bb41'
+
+  # sd-shutdown improvements #8429
+  # umount: Add more asserts and remove some unused arguments
+  '0494cae03d762eaf2fb7217ee7d70f615dcb5183'
+  # umount: Decide whether to remount read-only earlier
+  '1d62d22d9432d5c4a637002c9a29b20d52f25d9a'
+  # umount: Provide the same mount flags too when remounting read-only
+  '3bc341bee9fc7dfb41a131246b6fb0afd6ff4407'
+  # umount: Try unmounting even if remounting read-only failed
+  '8645ffd12b3cc7b0292acd9e1d691c4fab4cf409'
+  # umount: Don't bother remounting api and ro filesystems read-only
+  'e783b4902f387640bba12496936d01e967545c3c'
+
   # timesync: establish connection when network become online and the manager is not connected yet
   '0630eb1bcc6a4c2d05e57f58bea77da36697530a'
 )