diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d29f8cc..a8387d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -213,3 +213,4 @@
 /cockpit-248.tar.xz
 /cockpit-249.tar.xz
 /cockpit-250.tar.xz
+/cockpit-251.tar.xz
diff --git a/cockpit.spec b/cockpit.spec
index bf1bc28..2d629db 100644
--- a/cockpit.spec
+++ b/cockpit.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This spec file has been automatically updated
-Version:        250
+Version:        251
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Red Hat, Inc.
@@ -718,6 +718,9 @@ via PackageKit.
 
 # The changelog is automatically generated and merged
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 18 2021 Marius Vollmer <mvollmer@redhat.com> - 251-1
+- Update to upstream 251 release
+
 * Wed Aug 04 2021 Martin Pitt <mpitt@redhat.com> - 250-1
 - Shell: Improve admin switcher and session menu
 - Software Updates: Introduce basic kpatch support
diff --git a/plans/upstream.fmf b/plans/upstream.fmf
index 3230d90..3b27860 100644
--- a/plans/upstream.fmf
+++ b/plans/upstream.fmf
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ discover:
   how: fmf
   repository: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
   # FIXME: get rid of the hardcoding: https://github.com/psss/tmt/issues/585
-  ref: "250"
+  ref: "251"
 execute:
   how: tmt
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ea8e0bf..2c8c0b4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (cockpit-250.tar.xz) = 5dc715c1560359208698f66b17dfad847b79be540e9dc810b19bb97faece1c5eb0a8864b8a26b5f55725e1c5cef388dca4dd196f8d00802349c99f904fd09724
+SHA512 (cockpit-251.tar.xz) = 9ded4b394520b11a3c711ad7c808fb7f216a5015b935077ddd8bd4c34951bd536696a3353d90e1b2819e284fe3001ed25ab8e6e03262eb3eaa1e30393db1a136