diff --git a/systemd-v251.7+suse.36.gc212388f7d.tar.xz b/systemd-v251.7+suse.36.gc212388f7d.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0045d70f..00000000
--- a/systemd-v251.7+suse.36.gc212388f7d.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8117034a438ce90af5534a3bd40736b29823c71936c061db831a919ca9c17663
-size 7839088
diff --git a/systemd-v251.8+suse.38.g9cdd785850.tar.xz b/systemd-v251.8+suse.38.g9cdd785850.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6e92a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd-v251.8+suse.38.g9cdd785850.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e21e408a70aef50bbba4a5e39b1c728a7ef48105d226f516b51d36a18cc24d0f
+size 7844584
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index 7db52fbc..73e866a8 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov  8 16:33:26 UTC 2022 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Import commit 9cdd78585069b133bebcd479f3a204057ad25d76 (merge of v251.8)
+
+  For a complete list of changes, visit:
+  https://github.com/openSUSE/systemd/compare/c212388f7de8d22a3f7c22b19553548ccc0cdd15...9cdd78585069b133bebcd479f3a204057ad25d76
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 25 07:19:15 UTC 2022 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index ce9046de..4c912853 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %global flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
 
 %define min_kernel_version 4.5
-%define archive_version +suse.36.gc212388f7d
+%define archive_version +suse.38.g9cdd785850
 
 %define _testsuitedir /usr/lib/systemd/tests
 %define xinitconfdir %{?_distconfdir}%{!?_distconfdir:%{_sysconfdir}}/X11/xinit
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 Name:           systemd%{?mini}
 URL:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
-Version:        251.7
+Version:        251.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A System and Session Manager
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -639,6 +639,11 @@ Have fun (at your own risk).
 %autosetup -p1 -n systemd-v%{version}%{archive_version}
 
 %build
+# Disable _FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 as it get confused by the use of
+# malloc_usable_size() (bsc#1200819). There used to be a workaround but it was
+# reverted, see 2cfb790391958ada34284290af1f9ab863a515c7 for the details.
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
+
 %meson \
         -Dmode=release \
         -Dversion-tag=%{version}%{archive_version} \