diff --git a/0003-logind-set-RemoveIPC-to-false-by-default.patch b/0001-logind-set-RemoveIPC-to-false-by-default.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from 0003-logind-set-RemoveIPC-to-false-by-default.patch
rename to 0001-logind-set-RemoveIPC-to-false-by-default.patch
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1650fb4..6a6a3d7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-248.tar.gz) = 486f6ac6c2897a2aac97a59306091a03fd50768340407401e1f088ea5b21c67dae726bff4cbe53cec6b89a8f0ee72205b340165a4fe3a3c16cff6d176506c6e0
+SHA512 (systemd-249.tar.gz) = 0810d09cc32e4aaa4425ee5b7ddf129262b061ce159cbd43571fabda48285243d8f80b566379ece9215d531b9407ee45e1e72c71935644fea31c7bca1bbf540c
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 80d573e..25fb6ab 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
-Version:        248
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Version:        249
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+
 Summary:        System and Service Manager
@@ -77,13 +77,7 @@ GIT_DIR=../../src/systemd/.git git diffab -M v233..master@{2017-06-15} -- hwdb/[
 # patches in this range before applying upstream pull requests.
 
 # RHEL-specific
-Patch0001: 0001-rfkill-don-t-compare-values-of-different-signedness.patch
-Patch0002: 0002-rfkill-fix-the-format-string-to-prevent-compilation-.patch
-Patch0003: 0003-logind-set-RemoveIPC-to-false-by-default.patch
-Patch0004: 0004-Revert-rfkill-fix-the-format-string-to-prevent-compi.patch
-Patch0005: 0005-Revert-rfkill-don-t-compare-values-of-different-sign.patch
-Patch0006: 0006-rfkill-add-some-casts-to-silence-Werror-sign-compare.patch
-Patch0007: 0007-core-allow-omitting-second-part-of-LoadCredentials-a.patch
+Patch0001: 0001-logind-set-RemoveIPC-to-false-by-default.patch
 
 # Downstream-only patches (9000–9999)
 # https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/17050
@@ -130,8 +124,8 @@ BuildRequires:  gperf
 BuildRequires:  gawk
 BuildRequires:  tree
 BuildRequires:  hostname
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-lxml
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(lxml)
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(jinja2)
 BuildRequires:  firewalld-filesystem
 BuildRequires:  libseccomp-devel
 BuildRequires:  meson >= 0.43
@@ -841,6 +835,9 @@ getent passwd systemd-oom &>/dev/null || useradd -r -l -g systemd-oom -d / -s /s
 %files standalone-sysusers -f .file-list-standalone-sysusers
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 12 2021  <msekleta@redhat.com> - 249-1
+- Rebase to v249 (#1981276)
+
 * Thu Jun 17 2021 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 248-7
 - core: allow omitting second part of LoadCredentials= argument (#1949568)