diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3767ea918cb..86d219e99df 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 * Added release builds on CUDA 11
 * Enabled performance validation in gtest
 * Added new OS for release CI
+* Build RPM package without strict libibverbs dependency
 #### UCP
 * Added locality awareness to the transport selection logic for GPU devices
 * Added put/offload/short and put/offload/zcopy protocols
diff --git a/buildlib/az-distro-release.yml b/buildlib/az-distro-release.yml
index 9dbe7cb046a..17b57a5d978 100644
--- a/buildlib/az-distro-release.yml
+++ b/buildlib/az-distro-release.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - bash: |
           set -eE
           cd pkg-build
-          ../contrib/buildrpm.sh -s -t -b --strict-ibverbs-dep
+          ../contrib/buildrpm.sh -s -t -b
           cd rpm-dist/`uname -m`
           tar -cjf "../../../${AZ_ARTIFACT_NAME}" *.rpm
           cd ../../..