diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index ecb2cb5e9..28390498b 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
+    <listitem revision="systemd">
+      <para>2022-11-03</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to systemd-252. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5150">#5150</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2022-11-01</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index ce73bb1b7..4d32a86a6 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@
     <!--<listitem revision="sysv">
       <para>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem revision="systemd">
+    <listitem revision="systemd">
       <para>Systemd-&systemd-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem revision="sysv">
       <para>SysVinit-&sysvinit-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 630b21c2e..f9f45b8c0 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+<!--
     <varlistentry revision="systemd">
       <term>Systemd Upstream Patch - <token>&systemd-upstream-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&systemd-upstream-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+-->
 <!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Xz Upstream Fix Patch - <token>&xz-upstream-fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
diff --git a/chapter08/systemd.xml b/chapter08/systemd.xml
index da750e440..86f75e2e8 100644
--- a/chapter08/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter08/systemd.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of systemd</title>
 
+<!--
     <para>First, fix an issue introduced by glibc-2.36.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&systemd-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
+-->
 
     <para>Remove two unneeded groups,
     <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem> and
@@ -202,6 +204,10 @@ meson --prefix=/usr                 \
 
 <screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemctl disable systemd-sysupdate</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Also disable that unit's timer:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="adjust">systemd disable systemd-sysupdate-reboot.timer</userinput></screen>
+
 <!-- dev: 50-pid-max.conf is not removed in BLFS, so I commented the following out.
           If it causes any trouble, we can add this back and also copy it into BLFS -->
 <!--
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 5dade8f03..c080f73cd 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -637,22 +637,22 @@
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-fin-du "0.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY systemd-version  "251">
+<!ENTITY systemd-version  "252">
 <!--<!ENTITY systemd-stable   "6b4878d">-->
 <!-- The above entity is used whenever we move to a stable backport branch. In the event of a critical problem or kernel
      change that is incompatible, we will switch to the backport branch until the next stable release. -->
-<!ENTITY systemd-size     "11,168 KB">
+<!ENTITY systemd-size     "11,488 KB">
 <!ENTITY systemd-url      "&github;/systemd/systemd/archive/v&systemd-version;/systemd-&systemd-version;.tar.gz">
 <!--<!ENTITY systemd-url      "&anduin-sources;/systemd-&systemd-version;-&systemd-stable;.tar.xz">-->
-<!ENTITY systemd-md5      "8090fcccc3a2ec20995e89d56fed61b1">
+<!ENTITY systemd-md5      "b9456750a212dd54d81caeb3c38134b6">
 <!ENTITY systemd-home     "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/">
-<!ENTITY systemd-man-version "251">
-<!ENTITY systemd-man-size "596 KB">
+<!ENTITY systemd-man-version "252">
+<!ENTITY systemd-man-size "628 KB">
 <!--<!ENTITY systemd-man-url  "&anduin-sources;/systemd-man-pages-&systemd-version;-&systemd-stable;.tar.xz">-->
 <!ENTITY systemd-man-url  "&anduin-sources;/systemd-man-pages-&systemd-man-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY systemd-man-md5  "87053ffef1cfb74e4fe28f627e12a2a4">
-<!ENTITY systemd-fin-du   "251 MB">
-<!ENTITY systemd-fin-sbu  "2.3 SBU">
+<!ENTITY systemd-man-md5  "856ffb33ac16962f0628dcb533d76e5c">
+<!ENTITY systemd-fin-du   "258 MB">
+<!ENTITY systemd-fin-sbu  "2.5 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-version "3.04">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-size "216 KB">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 3877eebbd..1e39b0c2b 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "4900322141d493e74020c9cf437b2cdc">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size "2.4 KB">
 
+<!--
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch "systemd-&systemd-version;-glibc_2.36_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch-md5 "fd8dc901e73ad00dc72a351a0d4ac48c">
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch-size "3.0 KB">
+-->
 <!--
 <!ENTITY xz-upstream-fix-patch "xz-&xz-version;-upstream_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY xz-upstream-fix-patch-md5 "584c72ea3d8f7502b2770670f3090788">