diff --git a/general/prog/python3.xml b/general/prog/python3.xml
index fa99e14f85..c73eee5f57 100644
--- a/general/prog/python3.xml
+++ b/general/prog/python3.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   <!ENTITY python3-download-ftp  " ">
   <!ENTITY python3-md5sum        "71f7ada6bec9cdbf4538adc326120cfd">
   <!ENTITY python3-size          "18 MB">
-  <!ENTITY python3-buildsize     "355 MB (add 47 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY python3-time          "0.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 2.5 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY python3-buildsize     "356 MB (add 56 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY python3-time          "0.6 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 2.7 SBU for tests)">
   <!--
   Note: Size does not reflect docs that were install in LFS.
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       To test the result, issue <command>make test</command>.
-      Some tests may need Internet connection.
+      Some tests may need an Internet connection.
     </para>
 
     <para>
diff --git a/general/sysutils/systemd.xml b/general/sysutils/systemd.xml
index 3aa22749d3..8944293f30 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/systemd.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/systemd.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!--  <!ENTITY systemd-download-http "http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/systemd-&systemd-version;-&systemd-stable;.tar.xz"> For whenever we move to a stable snapshot for backports -->
   <!ENTITY systemd-download-http "https://github.com/systemd/systemd/archive/v&systemd-version;/systemd-&systemd-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY systemd-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY systemd-md5sum        "00131adf0e98c1fd8a7fde4eb47f10c8">
-  <!ENTITY systemd-size          "9.8 MB">
-  <!ENTITY systemd-buildsize     "285 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY systemd-time          "2.2 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY systemd-md5sum        "8e8adf909c255914dfc10709bd372e69">
+  <!ENTITY systemd-size          "10 MB">
+  <!ENTITY systemd-buildsize     "287 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY systemd-time          "2.5 SBU (with tests)">
 
 ]>
 
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
+<!--
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
       <listitem>
@@ -86,11 +87,13 @@
         </para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
+-->
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">systemd Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required">
+      <xref linkend="Jinja2"/> and
       <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
     </para>
 
@@ -147,20 +150,24 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of systemd</title>
 
+<!--
     <para>
       Apply a patch to fix a build issue with meson-0.57.2 and higher, as well
       as to allow systemd-rfkill to work correctly with Linux-5.11 and higher.
     </para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../systemd-&systemd-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+-->
 
     <para>
-      Remove an unneeded group,
-      <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem>, from the default udev
+      Remove two unneeded groups,
+      <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem> and
+      <systemitem class="groupname">sgx</systemitem>, from the default udev
       rules:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/GROUP="render"/GROUP="video"/' rules.d/50-udev-default.rules.in</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/GROUP="render"/GROUP="video"/' \
+       -e 's/GROUP="sgx", //' rules.d/50-udev-default.rules.in</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       Rebuild <application>systemd</application> by running the
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 1d50ed9427..b1070708ee 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>July 8th, 2021</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to Python-3.9.6 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15221">#15221</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to systemd-249 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15245">#15245</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Adapt gptfdisk to merged-/usr changes. Partially
           fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15223">#15223</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 3233b8ec65..3ba463019a 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY sg3_utils-version            "1.46">
 <!ENTITY strigi-version               "0.7.8">
 <!ENTITY sysstat-version              "12.5.4">
-<!ENTITY systemd-version              "248">
+<!ENTITY systemd-version              "249">
 <!--<!ENTITY systemd-stable               "6b4878d"> Unused for now -->
 <!ENTITY udisks-version               "1.0.5">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY udisks2-version              "2.9.2">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 
 <!ENTITY python3-major                "3">
 <!ENTITY python3-minor                "9">
-<!ENTITY python3-patch                "5">
+<!ENTITY python3-patch                "6">
 <!ENTITY python3-majorver             "&python3-major;.&python3-minor;">
 <!ENTITY python3-version              "&python3-majorver;.&python3-patch;">
 <!ENTITY python3-lib-suffix           "cpython-&python3-major;&python3-minor;-&lt;arch&gt;-linux-gnu">