diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5e5cc91..1482dea 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-254.2.tar.gz) = 4c71dc0a9b23eac03b1c3f22a77b5a5aeb5b7c7577b1d90582852fe7da43ff6a8e2e9c06bd7951827bc07e34ab2710b4793e784e49820f2d09db9a0209ec08dd
+SHA512 (systemd-254.5.tar.gz) = 8e9b4f802c4da2a0dea6028df78d20de5d96802d8f614d0392e89dea605cdd8d9c1724ce3ea382378d582402646f8bea2ffcd55a84262461721ee3f691105b7a
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 3d32cb9..dd6664b 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        254.2
+Version:        254.5
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')