diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 301f11f..d19adec 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Fri Aug 19 2022 Neal Gompa <ngompa@fedoraproject.org> - 251.4-53
+- Set compile-time fallback hostname to "localhost"
+  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FallbackHostname
+
 * Thu Aug 18 2022 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 251.4-52
 - Avoid requiring systemd-pam from -devel subpackage
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 7052dab..63ec9cb 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Version:        251.4
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')
 %endif
-Release:        %autorelease -b 27
+Release:        %autorelease -b 28
 
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+