diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6e0e2c9..89a230c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-251.8.tar.gz) = c337fad3cf2beef11401850ddd6418efef035d4ec6405049084302738042f77ac1f8bfd7eb3611668a13038878389c9617e63278ec0b37782b3e0242e69c4843
+SHA512 (systemd-251.9.tar.gz) = 27df2076445a826911274101286a3555528ebd0894a5c32f2dea71a075b5fcde3931f4d04f5726c5b39d482357939d2fbd2b52ac9a894b6853f48833984f4c17
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index bc851e5..a6a9ea8 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        251.8
+Version:        251.9
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')