diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index df35953..0998538 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:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 
 %global stable %(c="%version"; [ "$c" = "${c#*.*}" ]; echo $?)
 
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  clang
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
+BuildRequires:  git-core
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
 BuildRequires:  libmount-devel
 BuildRequires:  libfdisk-devel
@@ -1386,6 +1387,9 @@ rm -f .file-list-*
 rm -f %{name}.lang
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 14 2025 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 257-9
+- Add BuildRequires for git-core (RHEL-71409)
+
 * Fri Feb 14 2025 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 257-8
 - Rebase to new upstream stable release v257.3 (RHEL-71409)
 - udev: introduce several features to make debugging rules easier (RHEL-75774)