diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 2e68944..d2cec23 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Url:            https://systemd.io
 # Allow users to specify the version and release when building the rpm by 
 # setting the %%version_override and %%release_override macros.
 Version:        %{?version_override}%{!?version_override:257}
-Release:        17%{?dist}
+Release:        18%{?dist}
 
 %global stable %(c="%version"; [ "$c" = "${c#*.*}" ]; echo $?)
 
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ Requires:       (systemd-boot if %{shrink:(
         filesystem(riscv64)
 )})
 Requires:       python3dist(pefile)
-Requires:       python3dist(zstd)
+Requires:       python3dist(zstandard)
 Requires:       python3dist(cryptography)
 %if %{undefined rhel}
 Recommends:     python3dist(pillow)
@@ -1544,6 +1544,9 @@ rm -f .file-list-*
 rm -f %{name}.lang
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 20 2025 Lukáš Zaoral <lzaoral@redhat.com> - 257-18
+- spec: ukify: require python3-zstandard (RHEL-103523)
+
 * Wed Nov 05 2025 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 257-17
 - pam_systemd: honor session class provided via PAM environment (RHEL-109832)
 - udev/net_id: introduce naming scheme for RHEL-10.2 (RHEL-72813)