diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/sys-apps b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/sys-apps
index 4e75fd602..683ff7bfa 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/sys-apps
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/sys-apps
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-=sys-apps/hwloc-2.3* amd64 x86
-~sys-apps/portage-3.0.34 amd64 x86
+~sys-apps/systemd-utils-252.5 amd64 x86
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
index c9fc88113..2cbdbcbf7 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
@@ -171,3 +171,7 @@ dev-lang/lua:0
 
 #mask old kismet to ensure old version isn't selected
 <net-wireless/kismet-2022.08.1-r1
+
+#known udev bug, upgrade immediately
+#https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/22801
+<sys-apps/systemd-utils-252.5