diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec32271..9c8a2a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ sec-2.5.3.tar.gz
 /sec-2.9.1.tar.gz
 /sec-2.9.2.tar.gz
 /sec-2.9.3.tar.gz
+/sec-2.9.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/sec.logrotate b/sec.logrotate
index 917a7bc..6ddef14 100644
--- a/sec.logrotate
+++ b/sec.logrotate
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
     notifempty
     sharedscripts
     postrotate
-        [ ! -f /run/sec.pid ] || kill -USR2 `cat /run/sec.pid`
+        /usr/bin/systemctl kill --signal=USR2 --kill-whom=main sec.service 2>/dev/null || true
     endscript
 }
diff --git a/sec.spec b/sec.spec
index 57fa658..c45f6ed 100644
--- a/sec.spec
+++ b/sec.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           sec
-Version:        2.9.3
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        2.9.4
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Simple Event Correlator script to filter log file entries
 # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ chmod 0644 contrib/convert.pl contrib/swatch2sec.pl
 %{_unitdir}/sec@.service
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 12 2026 Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus <stefansf@fedoraproject.org> - 2.9.4-1
+- New upstream release
+- Use systemctl kill
+
 * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.9.3-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ae04780..30a16bf 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (sec-2.9.3.tar.gz) = 7facf3f5d80ec5466e1e35cc1ab186bbac092bb011816a72e8be6c60eadffca75c5765a914e8700eacf90d7f8c46088bdb17213a7c670c4ca5b852ce30fbdf26
+SHA512 (sec-2.9.4.tar.gz) = e049ea61e52420faddc2ad3373d9ec65cc6187d59e89537d919eb0342688e494c3d9db334347dbaf9a42260930c99756d46ed3f9f015a38bd95f6959ded047d9