diff --git a/ci/provisioning/post_provision_config_common_functions.sh b/ci/provisioning/post_provision_config_common_functions.sh
index dbf02072bb8..fb422be1a18 100755
--- a/ci/provisioning/post_provision_config_common_functions.sh
+++ b/ci/provisioning/post_provision_config_common_functions.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 #  Copyright 2022-2023 Intel Corporation.
-#  Copyright 2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+#  Copyright 2025-2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
 #
 #  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 #
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ post_provision_config_nodes() {
         rm -f "$REPOS_DIR"/*_job_daos-stack_job_*_job_*.repo
         time dnf -y erase fio fuse ior-hpc mpich-autoload          \
                      argobots cart daos daos-client dpdk      \
-                     libisa-l libpmemobj mercury mpich   \
+                     libisa-l libpmemobj libpmemobj1 mercury mpich \
                      pmix protobuf-c spdk libfabric libpmem        \
                      munge-libs munge slurm                        \
                      slurm-example-configs slurmctld slurm-slurmmd
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.spec b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
index c8bfd14f46a..fdaedc4044d 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.spec
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 Name:          daos
 Version:       2.6.4
-Release:       16%{?relval}%{?dist}
+Release:       17%{?relval}%{?dist}
 Summary:       DAOS Storage Engine
 
 License:       BSD-2-Clause-Patent
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ Requires: ndctl
 # needed to set PMem configuration goals in BIOS through control-plane
 %if (0%{?suse_version} >= 1500)
 Requires: ipmctl >= 03.00.00.0423
-Requires: libpmemobj1 >= 2.1.0-3.suse1500
+Requires: libpmemobj1 = 2.1.2-1
 Requires: libfabric1 >= %{libfabric_version}
 %else
 Requires: ipmctl >= 03.00.00.0468
-Requires: libpmemobj >= 2.1.0-6%{?dist}
+Requires: libpmemobj = 2.1.2-1
 %endif
 Requires: libfabric >= %{libfabric_version}
 Requires: mercury-libfabric >= %{mercury_version}
@@ -635,6 +635,9 @@ getent passwd daos_agent >/dev/null || useradd -s /sbin/nologin -r -g daos_agent
 # No files in a shim package
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 18 2026  Tomasz Gromadzki <tomasz.gromadzki@hpe.com> 2.6.4-17
+- Pin PMDK (libpmemobj) version to 2.1.2-1
+
 * Thu Feb 05 2026 Jerome Soumagne <jerome.soumagne@hpe.com> 2.6.4-16
 - Require mercury-libfabric to always install libfabric plugin
 - Bump mercury min version to 2.4.1