diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/scripts/setup_nodes.sh b/src/tests/ftest/scripts/setup_nodes.sh
index 3cd7cd873fa..2fe64037154 100755
--- a/src/tests/ftest/scripts/setup_nodes.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/scripts/setup_nodes.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ cat <<EOF > "${DAOS_FTEST_VENV}"/pip.conf
 [global]
     progress_bar = off
     no_color = true
-    quiet = 1
 EOF
 
 pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.changelog b/utils/rpms/daos.changelog
index 6ce0f163a31..e5c1d745ba9 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.changelog
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 %changelog
+* Fri May 22 2026 Phillip Henderson <phillip.henderson@intel.com> 2.9.100-5
+- Move mpi4py requirement for daos-client-tests; covered by requirements-ftest.txt
+
 * Mon May 04 2026 Cedric Koch-Hofer <cedric.koch-hofer@hpe.com> 2.9.100-4
 - Add gperftools-devel as a build dependency of daos-devel
 
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.sh b/utils/rpms/daos.sh
index a71991cc525..8f64784512a 100755
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.sh
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.sh
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ DEPENDS+=("hdf5-vol-daos-mpich-tests")
 DEPENDS+=("MACSio-mpich")
 DEPENDS+=("simul-mpich")
 DEPENDS+=("romio-tests")
-DEPENDS+=("python3-mpi4py-tests >= 3.1.6")
 build_package "daos-tests"
 
 build_package "daos-client-tests-mpich"
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.spec b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
index 8f0309c4823..2deaeeabed5 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.spec
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 Name:          daos
 Version:       2.9.100
-Release:       4%{?relval}%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?relval}%{?dist}
 Summary:       DAOS Storage Engine
 
 License:       BSD-2-Clause-Patent