diff --git a/packages/a/accountsservice/package.yml b/packages/a/accountsservice/package.yml
index 7d33506722e..3c8902abe8f 100644
--- a/packages/a/accountsservice/package.yml
+++ b/packages/a/accountsservice/package.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=/usr/share/ypkg/schema/schema.json
 name       : accountsservice
 version    : 23.13.9
-release    : 37
+release    : 38
 source     :
     - https://www.freedesktop.org/software/accountsservice/accountsservice-23.13.9.tar.xz : adda4cdeae24fa0992e7df3ffff9effa7090be3ac233a3edfdf69d5a9c9b924f
 homepage   : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/AccountsService
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ setup      : |
     %patch -p1 -i $pkgfiles/0001-build-Add-option-to-disable-tests.patch
 
     %meson_configure --sysconfdir=/usr/share \
-        -Dadmin_group=sudo \
+        -Dadmin_group=wheel \
         -Dextra_admin_groups="adm,lpadmin" \
         -Ddefault_user_groups="audio,video,cdrom,dialout,fuse,users,sambashares" \
         -Dgtk_doc=true \
diff --git a/packages/a/accountsservice/pspec_x86_64.xml b/packages/a/accountsservice/pspec_x86_64.xml
index 377248cdbe7..13e6eea9f25 100644
--- a/packages/a/accountsservice/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/packages/a/accountsservice/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
         <Name>accountsservice</Name>
         <Homepage>https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/AccountsService</Homepage>
         <Packager>
-            <Name>Evan Maddock</Name>
-            <Email>maddock.evan@vivaldi.net</Email>
+            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
+            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
         </Packager>
         <License>GPL-3.0-or-later</License>
         <PartOf>desktop.core</PartOf>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>programming.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="37">accountsservice</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="38">accountsservice</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/accountsservice-1.0/act/act-user-enum-types.h</Path>
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="37">
-            <Date>2025-10-28</Date>
+        <Update release="38">
+            <Date>2025-12-01</Date>
             <Version>23.13.9</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
-            <Name>Evan Maddock</Name>
-            <Email>maddock.evan@vivaldi.net</Email>
+            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
+            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
         </Update>
     </History>
 </PISI>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/h/hplip/files/0001-Ensure-sudo-use-on-Solus.patch b/packages/h/hplip/files/0001-Ensure-sudo-use-on-Solus.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fdded8bc00d..00000000000
--- a/packages/h/hplip/files/0001-Ensure-sudo-use-on-Solus.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 7e139126cdbc2ce2b81c170c3fb91fa53afac805 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tracey Clark <tracey_dev@tlcnet.info>
-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:25:49 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Ensure-sudo-use-on-Solus
-
----
- base/utils.py | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/base/utils.py b/base/utils.py
-index 25546f5..26c8d4a 100644
---- a/base/utils.py
-+++ b/base/utils.py
-@@ -2616,10 +2616,10 @@ def readAuthType():
-         authType = 'su'
-         user = os.getenv('USER')
-         try:
--            members = getgrnam('wheel').gr_mem
-+            members = getgrnam('sudo').gr_mem
-         except KeyError:
-             try:
--                members = getgrnam('sudo').gr_mem
-+                members = getgrnam('wheel').gr_mem
-             except:
-                 log.warn(" can not get user group " )
-                 return authType     
--- 
-2.40.1
-
diff --git a/packages/h/hplip/files/series b/packages/h/hplip/files/series
index 0d17a64aa00..6f9045df40f 100644
--- a/packages/h/hplip/files/series
+++ b/packages/h/hplip/files/series
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-0001-Ensure-sudo-use-on-Solus.patch
 0001-Fix-desktop-files.patch
 0005-Cope-with-prnt-hpcups-ErnieFilter.-cpp-h-removal-by-.patch
 0081-Don-t-start-hp-systray-in-GNOME.patch
diff --git a/packages/h/hplip/package.yml b/packages/h/hplip/package.yml
index 4f31705ee78..b462eccb5df 100644
--- a/packages/h/hplip/package.yml
+++ b/packages/h/hplip/package.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=/usr/share/ypkg/schema/schema.json
 name       : hplip
 version    : 3.25.2
-release    : 68
+release    : 69
 source     :
     - https://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.25.2/hplip-3.25.2.tar.gz : e872ff28eb2517705a95f6e1839efa1e50a77a33aae8905278df2bd820919653
 homepage   : https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ setup      : |
     sed -i -e "s|open('/etc/issue', 'r').read().lower().strip()|'Solus'|" installer/core_install.py
 
     # No shebang and python3 everywhere
-    export PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
     sed -i -e "s:/usr/bin/\(env python\|python\):$PYTHON:" $(find . -type f -exec grep -l "#! \?/usr/bin.*python" {} +)
 
     # If AUTOMAKE='automake --foreign' is not set, autoreconf complains about missing files
diff --git a/packages/h/hplip/pspec_x86_64.xml b/packages/h/hplip/pspec_x86_64.xml
index 3d5f302162e..08a116546ad 100644
--- a/packages/h/hplip/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/packages/h/hplip/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>desktop.core</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="68">hplip-drivers</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="69">hplip-drivers</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="config">/etc/hp/hplip.conf</Path>
@@ -2057,8 +2057,8 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="68">
-            <Date>2025-06-05</Date>
+        <Update release="69">
+            <Date>2025-12-01</Date>
             <Version>3.25.2</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
             <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
diff --git a/packages/p/polkit/package.yml b/packages/p/polkit/package.yml
index e05f0499202..fb31f3143ad 100644
--- a/packages/p/polkit/package.yml
+++ b/packages/p/polkit/package.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=/usr/share/ypkg/schema/schema.json
 name       : polkit
 version    : '126'
-release    : 34
+release    : 35
 source     :
     - https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/archive/refs/tags/126.tar.gz : 2814a7281989f6baa9e57bd33bbc5e148827e2721ccef22aaf28ab2b376068e8
 homepage   : https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit
-license    :
-    - GPL-2.0-or-later
+license    : GPL-2.0-or-later
 summary    : Application-level authorization toolkit
 component  :
     - system.base
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ setup      : |
                      -Dpolkitd_uid=27 \
                      -Dpolkitd_user=polkitd \
                      -Dtests=true \
-                     -Dprivileged_group=sudo
+                     -Dprivileged_group=wheel
 build      : |
     %ninja_build
 install    : |
diff --git a/packages/p/polkit/pspec_x86_64.xml b/packages/p/polkit/pspec_x86_64.xml
index bed05bd326e..4c6cab7748d 100644
--- a/packages/p/polkit/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/packages/p/polkit/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
         <Name>polkit</Name>
         <Homepage>https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit</Homepage>
         <Packager>
-            <Name>Jared Cervantes</Name>
-            <Email>jared@jaredcervantes.com</Email>
+            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
+            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
         </Packager>
         <License>GPL-2.0-or-later</License>
         <PartOf>system.base</PartOf>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>system.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="34">polkit</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="35">polkit</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/polkit-1/polkit/polkit.h</Path>
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="34">
-            <Date>2025-11-08</Date>
+        <Update release="35">
+            <Date>2025-12-01</Date>
             <Version>126</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
-            <Name>Jared Cervantes</Name>
-            <Email>jared@jaredcervantes.com</Email>
+            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
+            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
         </Update>
     </History>
 </PISI>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/q/qol-assist/files/wheel_group_admin.toml b/packages/q/qol-assist/files/wheel_group_admin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f244bf57eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/q/qol-assist/files/wheel_group_admin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description = "Add all admin users into the wheel group"
+
+[[users-update]]
+only = ["admin"]
+group = "wheel"
diff --git a/packages/q/qol-assist/package.yml b/packages/q/qol-assist/package.yml
index 117cf039503..04fb2f17620 100644
--- a/packages/q/qol-assist/package.yml
+++ b/packages/q/qol-assist/package.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=/usr/share/ypkg/schema/schema.json
 name       : qol-assist
 version    : 0.9.0
-release    : 18
+release    : 19
 source     :
     - https://github.com/getsolus/qol-assist/releases/download/v0.9.0/qol-assist-v0.9.0.tar.gz : c62a112ad5e9511ec2c8e51bf0cb6f7896092114be92b0069203b4ff8a6547c4
 homepage   : https://github.com/getsolus/qol-assist
diff --git a/packages/q/qol-assist/pspec_x86_64.xml b/packages/q/qol-assist/pspec_x86_64.xml
index 51d801454d5..132ed8c855b 100644
--- a/packages/q/qol-assist/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/packages/q/qol-assist/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/defaults/qol-assist.d/scanner_group.toml</Path>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/defaults/qol-assist.d/users_group_gid.toml</Path>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/defaults/qol-assist.d/users_group_update.toml</Path>
+            <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/defaults/qol-assist.d/wheel_group_admin.toml</Path>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/defaults/qol-assist.d/wheel_group_gid.toml</Path>
             <Path fileType="man">/usr/share/man/man1/qol-assist.1.zst</Path>
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="18">
-            <Date>2025-11-27</Date>
+        <Update release="19">
+            <Date>2025-12-01</Date>
             <Version>0.9.0</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
             <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
diff --git a/packages/s/sudo/files/sudoers b/packages/s/sudo/files/sudoers
index 1177cb7f74e..ceb26ffffbc 100644
--- a/packages/s/sudo/files/sudoers
+++ b/packages/s/sudo/files/sudoers
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ Defaults secure_path="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
 root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
 
 ## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
-# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
+%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
 
 ## Same thing without a password
 # %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
 
 ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command
-%sudo	ALL=(ALL) ALL
+# %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
 
 ## Uncomment to allow any user to run sudo if they know the password
 ## of the user they are running the command as (root by default).
diff --git a/packages/s/sudo/package.yml b/packages/s/sudo/package.yml
index 07cc0904f07..74f4898e87f 100644
--- a/packages/s/sudo/package.yml
+++ b/packages/s/sudo/package.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=/usr/share/ypkg/schema/schema.json
 name       : sudo
 version    : 1.9.17_p2
-release    : 57
+release    : 58
 source     :
     - https://www.sudo.ws/dist/sudo-1.9.17p2.tar.gz : 4a38a1ab3adb1199257edc2a7c4a2bd714665eb605b04368843b06dada2cfcfb
 homepage   : https://www.sudo.ws/
diff --git a/packages/s/sudo/pspec_x86_64.xml b/packages/s/sudo/pspec_x86_64.xml
index 39f0013b715..5f124a1e536 100644
--- a/packages/s/sudo/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/packages/s/sudo/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>programming.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="57">sudo</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="58">sudo</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/sudo_plugin.h</Path>
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="57">
-            <Date>2025-09-12</Date>
+        <Update release="58">
+            <Date>2025-12-01</Date>
             <Version>1.9.17_p2</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
             <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
diff --git a/packages/s/systemd/package.yml b/packages/s/systemd/package.yml
index 002835a8e59..ccadde865f4 100644
--- a/packages/s/systemd/package.yml
+++ b/packages/s/systemd/package.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=/usr/share/ypkg/schema/schema.json
 name       : systemd
 version    : '257.10'
-release    : 181
+release    : 182
 source     :
     - https://github.com/systemd/systemd/archive/refs/tags/v257.10.tar.gz : 5a2f477e6268630f6e2829c7bb3e442017549798a4122635817934eaa0c6ac10
 license    :
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ setup      : |
         -Dusers-gid=100 \
         -Dutmp=${_IS_64BIT_BOOL} \
         -Dvconsole=${_IS_64BIT_BOOL} \
+        -Dwheel-group=true \
         -Dxdg-autostart=${_IS_64BIT_BOOL} \
         -Dxkbcommon=${_IS_64BIT_FEAT} \
         -Dzlib=${_IS_64BIT_FEAT}
diff --git a/packages/s/systemd/pspec_x86_64.xml b/packages/s/systemd/pspec_x86_64.xml
index a64c85e662e..e5d75038f6b 100644
--- a/packages/s/systemd/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/packages/s/systemd/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>emul32</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="181">systemd</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="182">systemd</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib32/libnss_myhostname.so.2</Path>
@@ -1356,8 +1356,8 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>programming.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="181">systemd-devel</Dependency>
-            <Dependency release="181">systemd-32bit</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="182">systemd-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="182">systemd-32bit</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/lib32/pkgconfig/libsystemd.pc</Path>
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>system.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="181">systemd</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="182">systemd</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/libudev.h</Path>
@@ -2191,8 +2191,8 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="181">
-            <Date>2025-12-28</Date>
+        <Update release="182">
+            <Date>2026-01-06</Date>
             <Version>257.10</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
             <Name>Joey Riches</Name>