diff --git a/0001-conf-parser-introduce-early-drop-ins.patch b/0001-conf-parser-introduce-early-drop-ins.patch
index 47f4da7c..0d06f860 100644
--- a/0001-conf-parser-introduce-early-drop-ins.patch
+++ b/0001-conf-parser-introduce-early-drop-ins.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-From 77391d9baf86f10daf210ccf5527e0155a33fc73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 288be40eb94ddc1d549a98556baea71d20df224f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:57:08 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] conf-parser: introduce 'early' drop-ins
+Subject: [PATCH 1/8] conf-parser: introduce 'early' drop-ins
 MIME-Version: 1.0
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ drop this feature at any time.
 Fixes: #2121
 ---
  src/shared/conf-parser.c    |  55 ++++++++++--
- src/test/test-conf-parser.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
- 2 files changed, 215 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+ src/test/test-conf-parser.c | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/src/shared/conf-parser.c b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
-index 29051ca0e3..72935030ea 100644
+index 5cb41a39da..86dc1c95f6 100644
 --- a/src/shared/conf-parser.c
 +++ b/src/shared/conf-parser.c
-@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ int hashmap_put_stats_by_path(Hashmap **stats_by_path, const char *path, const s
+@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ int hashmap_put_stats_by_path(Hashmap **stats_by_path, const char *path, const s
  
  static int config_parse_many_files(
                  const char* const* conf_files,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ index 29051ca0e3..72935030ea 100644
                  char **files,
                  const char *sections,
                  ConfigItemLookup lookup,
-@@ -495,6 +496,20 @@ static int config_parse_many_files(
+@@ -496,6 +497,20 @@ static int config_parse_many_files(
                          return -ENOMEM;
          }
  
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ index 29051ca0e3..72935030ea 100644
          /* First read the first found main config file. */
          STRV_FOREACH(fn, conf_files) {
                  r = config_parse(NULL, *fn, NULL, sections, lookup, table, flags, userdata, &st);
-@@ -533,6 +548,27 @@ static int config_parse_many_files(
+@@ -534,6 +549,27 @@ static int config_parse_many_files(
          return 0;
  }
  
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ index 29051ca0e3..72935030ea 100644
  /* Parse each config file in the directories specified as nulstr. */
  int config_parse_many_nulstr(
                  const char *conf_file,
-@@ -544,15 +580,19 @@ int config_parse_many_nulstr(
+@@ -545,15 +581,19 @@ int config_parse_many_nulstr(
                  void *userdata,
                  Hashmap **ret_stats_by_path) {
  
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ index 29051ca0e3..72935030ea 100644
                                         ret_stats_by_path);
  }
  
-@@ -590,6 +630,7 @@ int config_parse_many(
+@@ -591,6 +631,7 @@ int config_parse_many(
                  Hashmap **ret_stats_by_path,
                  char ***ret_dropin_files) {
  
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ index 29051ca0e3..72935030ea 100644
          _cleanup_strv_free_ char **files = NULL;
          int r;
  
-@@ -602,12 +643,16 @@ int config_parse_many(
+@@ -603,12 +644,16 @@ int config_parse_many(
          if (r < 0)
                  return r;
  
@@ -177,22 +177,20 @@ index 29051ca0e3..72935030ea 100644
          return 0;
  }
 diff --git a/src/test/test-conf-parser.c b/src/test/test-conf-parser.c
-index 0acb4131b5..96a52e759f 100644
+index 8c27dcac3f..745e4a127a 100644
 --- a/src/test/test-conf-parser.c
 +++ b/src/test/test-conf-parser.c
-@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
+@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
  #include "fs-util.h"
  #include "log.h"
  #include "macro.h"
--#include "string-util.h"
 +#include "mkdir.h"
-+#include "nulstr-util.h"
 +#include "path-util.h"
 +#include "rm-rf.h"
+ #include "string-util.h"
  #include "strv.h"
  #include "tests.h"
- #include "tmpfile-util.h"
-@@ -390,4 +393,165 @@ TEST(config_parse) {
+@@ -391,4 +394,165 @@ TEST(config_parse) {
                  test_config_parse_one(i, config_file[i]);
  }
  
diff --git a/5000-core-manager-run-generators-directly-when-we-are-in-.patch b/5000-core-manager-run-generators-directly-when-we-are-in-.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 20c0b682..00000000
--- a/5000-core-manager-run-generators-directly-when-we-are-in-.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-From 9d0f728f65e6c3ad586e276c1ed3c2cd8cc944be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Yu Watanabe <watanabe.yu+github@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:00:30 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH 5000/5000] core/manager: run generators directly when we are
- in initrd
-
-Some initrd system write files at ourside of /run, /etc, or other
-allowed places. This is a kind of workaround, but in most cases, such
-sandboxing is not necessary as the filesystem is on ramfs when we are in
-initrd.
-
-Fixes #26488.
----
- src/core/manager.c | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
-index 380a4e30d7..6135205761 100644
---- a/src/core/manager.c
-+++ b/src/core/manager.c
-@@ -3822,8 +3822,8 @@ static int manager_run_generators(Manager *m) {
-         /* If we are the system manager, we fork and invoke the generators in a sanitized mount namespace. If
-          * we are the user manager, let's just execute the generators directly. We might not have the
-          * necessary privileges, and the system manager has already mounted /tmp/ and everything else for us.
--         */
--        if (MANAGER_IS_USER(m)) {
-+         * If we are in initrd, let's also execute the generators directly, as we are in ramfs. */
-+        if (MANAGER_IS_USER(m) || in_initrd()) {
-                 r = manager_execute_generators(m, paths, /* remount_ro= */ false);
-                 goto finish;
-         }
--- 
-2.35.3
-
diff --git a/files.devel b/files.devel
index f9248ea5..2bd1c670 100644
--- a/files.devel
+++ b/files.devel
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_emit_properties_changed.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_emit_properties_changed_strv.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_emit_signal.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_emit_signal_to.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_emit_signal_tov.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_emit_signalv.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_enqueue_for_read.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_error.3.gz
@@ -314,7 +312,6 @@
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_message_new_method_errorf.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_message_new_method_return.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_message_new_signal.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_message_new_signal_to.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_message_open_container.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_message_peek_type.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_bus_message_read.3.gz
@@ -666,14 +663,6 @@
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_pid_notify.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_pid_notify_with_fds.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_pid_notifyf.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_cgroup.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_machine_name.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_owner_uid.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_session.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_slice.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_unit.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_user_slice.3.gz
-%{_mandir}/man3/sd_pidfd_get_user_unit.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_seat_can_graphical.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_seat_can_tty.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/sd_seat_get_active.3.gz
diff --git a/files.experimental b/files.experimental
index 0cea03ba..6bc23ede 100644
--- a/files.experimental
+++ b/files.experimental
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 %{_mandir}/man1/oomctl.1.gz
 %if %{with sd_boot}
 %{_mandir}/man1/systemd-measure.1.gz
-%{_mandir}/man1/ukify.1.gz
 %endif
 %{_mandir}/man1/userdbctl.1.gz
 %{_mandir}/man5/homed.conf.5.gz
@@ -44,9 +43,6 @@
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-oomd.8.gz
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-oomd.service.8.gz
 %if %{with sd_boot}
-%{_mandir}/man8/systemd-pcrfs-root.service.8.gz
-%{_mandir}/man8/systemd-pcrfs@.service.8.gz
-%{_mandir}/man8/systemd-pcrmachine.service.8.gz
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-pcrphase-initrd.service.8.gz
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-pcrphase-sysinit.service.8.gz
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-pcrphase.8.gz
@@ -76,13 +72,9 @@
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-sysupdate
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-userdbd
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-userwork
-%if %{with sd_boot}
-%{_systemd_util_dir}/ukify
-%endif
 %{_sysusersdir}/systemd-oom.conf
 %if %{with sd_boot}
 %{_unitdir}/initrd.target.wants/systemd-pcrphase-initrd.service
-%{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-pcrmachine.service
 %{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-pcrphase-sysinit.service
 %{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-pcrphase.service
 %endif
@@ -91,9 +83,6 @@
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-oomd.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-oomd.socket
 %if %{with sd_boot}
-%{_unitdir}/systemd-pcrfs-root.service
-%{_unitdir}/systemd-pcrfs@.service
-%{_unitdir}/systemd-pcrmachine.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-pcrphase-initrd.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-pcrphase-sysinit.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-pcrphase.service
diff --git a/files.systemd b/files.systemd
index 6d2276f1..b7b53f15 100644
--- a/files.systemd
+++ b/files.systemd
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
 %{_bindir}/localectl
 %{_bindir}/loginctl
 %{_bindir}/systemctl
-%{_bindir}/systemd-ac-power
 %{_bindir}/systemd-analyze
 %{_bindir}/systemd-ask-password
 %{_bindir}/systemd-cat
@@ -233,8 +232,8 @@
 %{_libdir}/libnss_myhostname.so.2
 %{_libdir}/libnss_systemd.so.2
 %endif
-%{_libdir}/systemd/libsystemd-core-253.so
-%{_libdir}/systemd/libsystemd-shared-253.so
+%{_libdir}/systemd/libsystemd-core-252.so
+%{_libdir}/systemd/libsystemd-shared-252.so
 %if %{without bootstrap}
 %{_mandir}/man1/busctl.1.gz
 %{_mandir}/man1/hostnamectl.1.gz
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@
 %{_mandir}/man1/localectl.1.gz
 %{_mandir}/man1/loginctl.1.gz
 %{_mandir}/man1/systemctl.1.gz
-%{_mandir}/man1/systemd-ac-power.1.gz
 %{_mandir}/man1/systemd-analyze.1.gz
 %{_mandir}/man1/systemd-ask-password.1.gz
 %{_mandir}/man1/systemd-cat.1.gz
@@ -447,6 +445,7 @@
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/scripts/upgrade-from-pre-210.sh
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/system-preset/99-default.preset
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd
+%{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-ac-power
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-binfmt
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-boot-check-no-failures
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-cgroups-agent
@@ -506,7 +505,6 @@
 %{_systemdgeneratordir}/systemd-system-update-generator
 %{_sysusersdir}/systemd-journal.conf
 %{_sysusersdir}/systemd-timesync.conf
-%{_tmpfilesdir}/credstore.conf
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/journal-nocow.conf
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/provision.conf
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/suse.conf
@@ -643,7 +641,6 @@
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-hybrid-sleep.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-journal-catalog-update.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-journal-flush.service
-%{_unitdir}/systemd-journald-audit.socket
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-journald-dev-log.socket
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-journald-varlink@.socket
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-journald.service
diff --git a/files.udev b/files.udev
index a793d096..1ea1a437 100644
--- a/files.udev
+++ b/files.udev
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 %endif
 %{_prefix}/lib/udev/fido_id
 %{_prefix}/lib/udev/mtd_probe
+%{_prefix}/lib/udev/path_id_compat
 %{_prefix}/lib/udev/scsi_id
 %{_prefix}/lib/udev/v4l_id
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/network/99-default.link
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@
 %{_udevrulesdir}/60-persistent-v4l.rules
 %{_udevrulesdir}/60-sensor.rules
 %{_udevrulesdir}/60-serial.rules
+%{_udevrulesdir}/61-persistent-storage-compat.rules
 %{_udevrulesdir}/64-btrfs.rules
 %{_udevrulesdir}/70-camera.rules
 %{_udevrulesdir}/70-joystick.rules
@@ -224,8 +226,6 @@
 %{_unitdir}/system-systemd\x2dcryptsetup.slice
 %endif
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-backlight@.service
-%{_unitdir}/systemd-growfs-root.service
-%{_unitdir}/systemd-growfs@.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-hwdb-update.service
 %if %{without bootstrap}
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-modules-load.service
diff --git a/files.uefi-boot b/files.uefi-boot
index 7c50c27a..75c3d0c4 100644
--- a/files.uefi-boot
+++ b/files.uefi-boot
@@ -26,20 +26,19 @@
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-bless-boot-generator.8.gz
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-bless-boot.8.gz
 %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-bless-boot.service.8.gz
-%{_mandir}/man8/systemd-boot-random-seed.service.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/systemd-boot-system-token.service.8.gz
 %endif
 %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.conf
 %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/50-depmod.install
 %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/90-loaderentry.install
-%{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/90-uki-copy.install
 # These are the few exceptions where glob pattern is allowed.
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/boot/efi/linux*.efi.stub
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/boot/efi/linux*.elf.stub
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/boot/efi/systemd-boot*.efi
 %{_systemd_util_dir}/systemd-bless-boot
 %{_systemdgeneratordir}/systemd-bless-boot-generator
-%{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-boot-random-seed.service
+%{_unitdir}/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-boot-system-token.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-bless-boot.service
-%{_unitdir}/systemd-boot-random-seed.service
+%{_unitdir}/systemd-boot-system-token.service
 %{_unitdir}/systemd-boot-update.service
 %endif
diff --git a/systemd-v252.7+suse.50.gd447802fee.tar.xz b/systemd-v252.7+suse.50.gd447802fee.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a07938e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd-v252.7+suse.50.gd447802fee.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:fd9f697fdbb194da090ef87f472c1c6d05d16cfa49b3b668648ea6d3c8f177d2
+size 8089304
diff --git a/systemd-v253.1.tar.xz b/systemd-v253.1.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 18ac8b19..00000000
--- a/systemd-v253.1.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:84aad84973ab74246f5eff59641a5570c3a0bb6fce66402a4644212d71f38d07
-size 8205144
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index c87c37ca..897181a9 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,26 +1,3 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Thu Mar  9 10:38:10 UTC 2023 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
-
-- Add 5000-core-manager-run-generators-directly-when-we-are-in-.patch, a
-  temporary workaround until https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/issues/2211 is
-  fixed in dracut.
-
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Mon Mar  6 10:08:33 UTC 2023 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
-
-- Upgrade to v253.1 (commit 6c327d74aa0d350482e82a247d7018559699798d)
-
-  See https://github.com/openSUSE/systemd/blob/SUSE/v253/NEWS for details.
-
-  * Rebased 0001-conf-parser-introduce-early-drop-ins.patch
-
-  * Ship systemd-journald-audit.socket again: it can now be disabled via the
-    usual "systemctl disable" mechanism to stop collection of audit
-    messages. Note that it's handled by the preset logic, which turns it off by
-    default.
-
-  * TEST_06_SELINUX needs selinux-policy-devel.
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar  6 08:40:35 UTC 2023 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index a4b18fcc..75d654a5 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 %nil
+%define archive_version +suse.50.gd447802fee
 
 %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:        253.1
+Version:        252.7
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A System and Session Manager
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -209,10 +209,9 @@ Patch12:        0009-pid1-handle-console-specificities-weirdness-for-s390.patch
 
 # Patches listed below are put in quarantine. Normally all changes must go to
 # upstream first and then are cherry-picked in the SUSE git repository. But for
-# very few cases, some stuff might be broken in upstream and need to be fixed or
-# worked around quickly. In these cases, the patches are added temporarily and
-# will be removed as soon as a proper fix will be merged by upstream.
-Patch5000:      5000-core-manager-run-generators-directly-when-we-are-in-.patch
+# very few cases, some stuff might be broken in upstream and need to be fixed
+# quickly. But even in these cases, the patches are temporary and should be
+# removed as soon as a fix is merged by upstream.
 
 %description
 Systemd is a system and service manager, compatible with SysV and LSB
@@ -531,7 +530,6 @@ Requires:       netcat
 Requires:       python3-pexpect
 Requires:       qemu-kvm
 Requires:       quota
-Requires:       selinux-policy-devel
 Requires:       socat
 Requires:       squashfs
 Requires:       systemd-container
@@ -887,8 +885,8 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_presetdir}/*.preset
 echo 'disable *' >%{buildroot}%{_presetdir}/99-default.preset
 echo 'disable *' >%{buildroot}%{_userpresetdir}/99-default.preset
 
-# The current situation with tmpfiles snippets dealing with the generic paths is
-# pretty messy currently because:
+# The tmpfiles dealing with the generic paths is pretty messy
+# currently because:
 #
 #  1. filesystem package wants to define the generic paths and some of them
 #     conflict with the definition given by systemd in var.conf, see
@@ -932,6 +930,12 @@ fi
 # still be used by yast.
 cat %{SOURCE14} >>%{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/systemd/kbd-model-map
 
+# Don't ship systemd-journald-audit.socket as there's no other way for us to
+# prevent journald from recording audit messages in the journal by default
+# (bsc#1109252).
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/systemd-journald-audit.socket
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/sockets.target.wants/systemd-journald-audit.socket
+
 %if %{with testsuite}
 # -Dinstall_test took care of installing the unit tests only (those in
 # src/tests) and testdata directory. Here we copy the integration tests
@@ -960,7 +964,6 @@ tar -cO \
 %systemd_pre remote-fs.target
 %systemd_pre getty@.service
 %systemd_pre systemd-timesyncd.service
-%systemd_pre systemd-journald-audit.socket
 
 %post
 # Make /etc/machine-id an empty file during package installation. On the first
@@ -1020,7 +1023,6 @@ fi
 %systemd_post remote-fs.target
 %systemd_post getty@.service
 %systemd_post systemd-timesyncd.service
-%systemd_post systemd-journald-audit.socket
 
 # v228 wrongly set world writable suid root permissions on timestamp files used
 # by permanent timers. Fix the timestamps that might have been created by the
@@ -1312,13 +1314,13 @@ fi
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %license LICENSE.LGPL2.1
 %{_libdir}/libsystemd.so.0
-%{_libdir}/libsystemd.so.0.36.0
+%{_libdir}/libsystemd.so.0.35.0
 
 %files -n libudev%{?mini}1
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %license LICENSE.LGPL2.1
 %{_libdir}/libudev.so.1
-%{_libdir}/libudev.so.1.7.6
+%{_libdir}/libudev.so.1.7.5
 
 %if %{with coredump}
 %files coredump