diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index 48dc7f04f8..a640cebf7f 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="systemd"
-PKG_VERSION="255.7"
-PKG_SHA256="da29f2490c192ca743511098b1d15e385b1b5e7744979661dc30514c1ac61f0e"
+PKG_VERSION="256"
+PKG_SHA256="ca40487e044c9d6b7ad214d453b1cab696e5ccbd5244eca78460972cb0589a17"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL2.1+"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-0200-persist-persistent-timer-stamps.patch b/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-0200-persist-persistent-timer-stamps.patch
index d7990a0dc5..89b071645f 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-0200-persist-persistent-timer-stamps.patch
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-0200-persist-persistent-timer-stamps.patch
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ diff --git a/src/core/timer.c b/src/core/timer.c
 index 03935ee..bfd5c02 100644
 --- a/src/core/timer.c
 +++ b/src/core/timer.c
-@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ static int timer_setup_persistent(Timer *t) {
+@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ static int timer_setup_persistent(Timer *t) {
  
          if (MANAGER_IS_SYSTEM(UNIT(t)->manager)) {
  
--                r = unit_require_mounts_for(UNIT(t), "/var/lib/systemd/timers", UNIT_DEPENDENCY_FILE);
-+                r = unit_require_mounts_for(UNIT(t), "/storage/.cache/systemd/timers", UNIT_DEPENDENCY_FILE);
+-                r = unit_add_mounts_for(UNIT(t), "/var/lib/systemd/timers", UNIT_DEPENDENCY_FILE, UNIT_MOUNT_REQUIRES);
++                r = unit_add_mounts_for(UNIT(t), "/storage/.cache/systemd/timers", UNIT_DEPENDENCY_FILE, UNIT_MOUNT_REQUIRES);
                  if (r < 0)
                          return r;