diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 60343f9..b97b829 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-253.4.tar.gz) = cbd572330871fe938307cdead57637e9a03fcdb95b62dd12506f13f48fddcacfaf1e7b179bc9e1c1889a07d3bf21f840aafc773df3a1ab05b37d28950cb94ee1
+SHA512 (systemd-253.5.tar.gz) = 39709b485cd9287e26ac8e973fa1692b280bec3b96e1da6667e4a4f2ac2228aa072b22802720a254698d32c82f5306d7feb32229e4b6d54cc0e2b1e2caa4cc2e
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 9f04328..2c6b59f 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        253.4
+Version:        253.5
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')