diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 290b901..6a6a3d7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-249-rc3.tar.gz) = 137835faaaffe843330b24b8c6ce589fad1981e08056b8c58dbd68f7586e984a515880c5e917013b184c5382eacbb180c9a4a9a83bd4861b1eb2d69115cfacac
+SHA512 (systemd-249.tar.gz) = 0810d09cc32e4aaa4425ee5b7ddf129262b061ce159cbd43571fabda48285243d8f80b566379ece9215d531b9407ee45e1e72c71935644fea31c7bca1bbf540c
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 8e57080..78cf20b 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:        249~rc3
+Version:        249
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
@@ -995,6 +995,11 @@ fi
 %files standalone-sysusers -f .file-list-standalone-sysusers
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul  7 2021 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 249-1
+- Latest upstream release with minor bugfixes, see
+  https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/v248/NEWS.
+- systemd-oomd cpu usage is reduced (#1944646)
+
 * Thu Jul  1 2021 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 249~rc3-1
 - Latest upstream prerelease with various bugfixes, see
   https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/v248-rc3/NEWS.