diff --git a/deps/patches/spdk/0001_3428322b812fe31cc3e1d0308a7f5bd4b06b9886.diff b/deps/patches/spdk/0001_3428322b812fe31cc3e1d0308a7f5bd4b06b9886.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index f427d33d2d8..00000000000
--- a/deps/patches/spdk/0001_3428322b812fe31cc3e1d0308a7f5bd4b06b9886.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c b/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
-index 075459b1564..b51d6c83a3f 100644
---- a/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
-+++ b/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
-@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ struct file_disk {
- 	struct spdk_bdev	disk;
- 	char			*filename;
- 	int			fd;
-+#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
- 	bool			use_nowait;
-+#endif
- 	TAILQ_ENTRY(file_disk)  link;
- 	bool			block_size_override;
- 	bool			readonly;
-@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ bdev_aio_open(struct file_disk *disk)
- {
- 	int fd;
- 	int io_flag = disk->readonly ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR;
-+#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
- 	struct stat st;
-+#endif
- 
- 	fd = open(disk->filename, io_flag | O_DIRECT);
- 	if (fd < 0) {
-@@ -129,11 +133,14 @@ bdev_aio_open(struct file_disk *disk)
- 	}
- 
- 	disk->fd = fd;
-+
-+#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
- 	/* Some aio operations can block, for example if number outstanding
- 	 * I/O exceeds number of block layer tags. But not all files can
- 	 * support RWF_NOWAIT flag. So use RWF_NOWAIT on block devices only.
- 	 */
- 	disk->use_nowait = fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && S_ISBLK(st.st_mode);
-+#endif
- 
- 	return 0;
- }
-@@ -205,9 +212,11 @@ bdev_aio_submit_io(enum spdk_bdev_io_type type, struct file_disk *fdisk,
- 		io_set_eventfd(iocb, aio_ch->group_ch->efd);
- 	}
- 	iocb->data = aio_task;
-+#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
- 	if (fdisk->use_nowait) {
- 		iocb->aio_rw_flags = RWF_NOWAIT;
- 	}
-+#endif
- 	aio_task->len = nbytes;
- 	aio_task->ch = aio_ch;
- 
diff --git a/deps/patches/spdk/0003_external_isal.patch b/deps/patches/spdk/0001_external_isal_v26.01.patch
similarity index 52%
rename from deps/patches/spdk/0003_external_isal.patch
rename to deps/patches/spdk/0001_external_isal_v26.01.patch
index 3a4a9be7824..9828fd2e07d 100644
--- a/deps/patches/spdk/0003_external_isal.patch
+++ b/deps/patches/spdk/0001_external_isal_v26.01.patch
@@ -1,41 +1,39 @@
 diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
-index 89c34e90b..086db27a4 100644
+index 996f1f385..43ade295e 100644
 --- a/CONFIG
 +++ b/CONFIG
-@@ -170,9 +170,11 @@ CONFIG_CUSTOMOCF=n
+@@ -164,9 +164,13 @@ CONFIG_CUSTOMOCF=n
  
  # Build ISA-L library
  CONFIG_ISAL=y
 +CONFIG_ISAL_PATH=
++CONFIG_ISAL_INSTALLED=n
  
  # Build ISA-L-crypto library
  CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO=y
 +CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH=
++CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_INSTALLED=n
  
  # Build with IO_URING support
  CONFIG_URING=n
 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 3aeae41ad..5e249aaa3 100644
+index 657821bf5..bd07e03d0 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
-@@ -18,8 +18,16 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_EXAMPLES) += examples
+@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_EXAMPLES) += examples
  DIRS-$(CONFIG_APPS) += app
  DIRS-y += test
  DIRS-$(CONFIG_IPSEC_MB) += ipsecbuild
-+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL),y)
 +ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_PATH),)
  DIRS-$(CONFIG_ISAL) += isalbuild
 +endif
-+endif
-+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO),y)
 +ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH),)
  DIRS-$(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO) += isalcryptobuild
-+endif
 +endif
  DIRS-$(CONFIG_VFIO_USER) += vfiouserbuild
  DIRS-$(CONFIG_SMA) += proto
  DIRS-$(CONFIG_XNVME) += xnvmebuild
-@@ -63,14 +71,18 @@ DPDK_DEPS += ipsecbuild
+@@ -63,14 +67,18 @@ DPDK_DEPS += ipsecbuild
  endif
  
  ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL),y)
@@ -55,58 +53,63 @@ index 3aeae41ad..5e249aaa3 100644
  ifeq ($(CONFIG_VFIO_USER),y)
  VFIOUSERBUILD = vfiouserbuild
 diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 26c9b0f4d..8ef548fa8 100755
+index ae05d5c93..80acf5571 100755
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ function usage() {
+@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ function usage() {
  	echo " --without-idxd            Disabled while experimental. Only built for x86 when enabled."
  	echo " --with-crypto             Build isa-l-crypto and vbdev crypto module. No path required."
  	echo " --without-crypto          Disable isa-l-crypto and vbdev crypto module."
-+	echo " --with-isal[=DIR]         Don't build isal, use external library"
-+	echo " --with-isal-crypto[=DIR]  Don't build isal-crypto, use external library"
++	echo " --with-isal[=DIR]         Don't build isa-l, use external library instead."
++	echo " --with-isal-crypto[=DIR]  Don't build isa-l_crypto, use external library instead."
  	echo " --with-fio[=DIR]          Build fio_plugin."
  	echo " --without-fio             default: /usr/src/fio"
- 	echo " --with-xnvme              Build xNVMe bdev module."
-@@ -581,6 +583,26 @@ for i in "$@"; do
- 		--without-fio)
- 			CONFIG[FIO_PLUGIN]=n
+ 	echo " --with-cuda               Enable the CUDA accel module."
+@@ -571,6 +573,28 @@ for i in "$@"; do
+ 		--without-cuda)
+ 			CONFIG[CUDA]=n
  			;;
 +		--with-isal) ;&
 +		--with-isal=*)
-+			# if specified, set the default so we don't build it
-+			CONFIG[ISAL_PATH]="/usr"
++			# if set, set a default value
++			CONFIG[ISAL_PATH]=/usr
 +			if [[ -n ${i#*=} ]] && [[ ${i#*=} != "$i" ]]; then
 +				CONFIG[ISAL_PATH]=${i#*=}
 +			fi
 +			check_dir "--with-isal=${CONFIG[ISAL_PATH]}"
 +			CONFIG[ISAL]=y
++			CONFIG[ISAL_INSTALLED]=y
 +			;;
 +		--with-isal-crypto) ;&
 +		--with-isal-crypto=*)
-+			# if specified, set the default so we don't build it
-+			CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH]="/usr"
++			# if set, set a default value
++			CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH]=/usr
 +			if [[ -n ${i#*=} ]] && [[ ${i#*=} != "$i" ]]; then
 +				CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH]=${i#*=}
 +			fi
 +			check_dir "--with-isal-crypto=${CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH]}"
 +			CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO]=y
++			CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_INSTALLED]=y
 +			;;
- 		--with-vtune=*)
- 			check_dir "$i"
- 			CONFIG[VTUNE_DIR]="${i#*=}"
-@@ -1228,7 +1250,10 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[FUZZER]}" = "y" && "$CC_TYPE" != "clang" ]]; then
+ 		--with-fio) ;&
+ 		--with-fio=*)
+ 			if [[ ${i#*=} != "$i" ]]; then
+@@ -1207,7 +1231,13 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[FUZZER]}" = "y" && "$CC_TYPE" != "clang" ]]; then
  	exit 1
  fi
  
 -if [[ $arch == x86_64* ]] || [[ $arch == aarch64* ]]; then
-+if [[ -d "${CONFIG[ISAL_PATH]}" ]]; then
++if [[ "${CONFIG[ISAL_INSTALLED]}" = "y" ]]; then
++	if [[ "${CONFIG[SHARED]}" != "y" ]]; then
++		echo "External isa-l only supported with --with-shared"
++		exit 1
++	fi
 +	echo "Using ISA-L from ${CONFIG[ISAL_PATH]}"
-+	CONFIG[ISAL]=y
 +elif [[ $arch == x86_64* ]] || [[ $arch == aarch64* ]]; then
  	CONFIG[ISAL]=y
  	# make sure the submodule is initialized
  	if [ ! -f "$rootdir"/isa-l/autogen.sh ]; then
-@@ -1266,35 +1291,40 @@ else
+@@ -1245,34 +1275,43 @@ else
  fi
  
  # now either configure ISA-L or disable unavailable features
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ index 26c9b0f4d..8ef548fa8 100755
 -	fi
 -	if [[ "${CONFIG[SHARED]}" = "y" ]]; then
 -		ISAL_OPTS+=("--enable-shared=yes")
-+if [[ ! -d "${CONFIG[ISAL_PATH]}" ]]; then
++if [[ ! "${CONFIG[ISAL_INSTALLED]}" = "y" ]]; then
 +	if [[ "${CONFIG[ISAL]}" = "y" ]]; then
 +		cd $rootdir/isa-l
 +		ISAL_LOG=$rootdir/.spdk-isal.log
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ index 26c9b0f4d..8ef548fa8 100755
 +		ISAL_OPTS+=("--prefix=${CONFIG[PREFIX]}")
 +		echo -n "Configuring ISA-L (logfile: $ISAL_LOG)..."
 +		./autogen.sh &> $ISAL_LOG
-+		./configure CFLAGS="-fPIC -g -O2 -fuse-ld=$LD_TYPE -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" "${ISAL_OPTS[@]}" --enable-shared=no >> $ISAL_LOG 2>&1
++		./configure CFLAGS="-fPIC -g -O2 -fuse-ld=$LD_TYPE -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" "${ISAL_OPTS[@]}" >> $ISAL_LOG 2>&1
 +		echo "done."
 +		cd $rootdir
  	else
@@ -145,26 +148,28 @@ index 26c9b0f4d..8ef548fa8 100755
 +		echo "Without ISA-L, there is no software support for crypto or compression,"
 +		echo "so these features will be disabled."
 +		CONFIG[CRYPTO]=n
-+		CONFIG[VBDEV_COMPRESS]=n
 +		CONFIG[DPDK_COMPRESSDEV]=n
  	fi
 -	ISAL_OPTS+=("--prefix=${CONFIG[PREFIX]}")
 -	echo -n "Configuring ISA-L (logfile: $ISAL_LOG)..."
 -	./autogen.sh &> $ISAL_LOG
--	./configure CFLAGS="-fPIC -g -O2 -fuse-ld=$LD_TYPE -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" "${ISAL_OPTS[@]}" --enable-shared=no >> $ISAL_LOG 2>&1
+-	./configure CFLAGS="-fPIC -g -O2 -fuse-ld=$LD_TYPE -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" "${ISAL_OPTS[@]}" >> $ISAL_LOG 2>&1
 -	echo "done."
 -	cd $rootdir
 -else
 -	echo "Without ISA-L, there is no software support for crypto or compression,"
 -	echo "so these features will be disabled."
 -	CONFIG[CRYPTO]=n
--	CONFIG[VBDEV_COMPRESS]=n
 -	CONFIG[DPDK_COMPRESSDEV]=n
  fi
  
  # ISA-L-crypto complements ISA-L functionality, it is only enabled together with ISA-L
 -if [[ "${CONFIG[ISAL]}" = "y" ]]; then
-+if [[ -d "${CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH]}" ]]; then
++if [[ "${CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_INSTALLED]}" = "y" ]]; then
++	if [[ "${CONFIG[SHARED]}" != "y" ]]; then
++		echo "External isa-l_crypto only supported with --with-shared"
++		exit 1
++	fi
 +	echo "Using isa-l_crypto from ${CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH]}"
 +	CONFIG[ISAL_CRYPTO]=y
 +elif [[ "${CONFIG[ISAL]}" = "y" ]]; then
@@ -172,191 +177,277 @@ index 26c9b0f4d..8ef548fa8 100755
  		echo "ISA-L-crypto is required but was not found, please init the submodule with:"
  		echo "  git submodule update --init"
 diff --git a/dpdkbuild/Makefile b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
-index 64da6cc32..a88c8a6ec 100644
+index ab2de2339..6eae8208e 100644
 --- a/dpdkbuild/Makefile
 +++ b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
-@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ DPDK_DRIVERS += compress compress/isal
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_VBDEV_COMPRESS_MLX5),y)
- DPDK_DRIVERS += compress/mlx5
- endif
--DPDK_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR) -I$(ISAL_BUILD_DIR)
--DPDK_LDFLAGS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -lisal
-+DPDK_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR) -I$(ISAL_DIR)/include -I$(ISAL_BUILD_DIR)
-+DPDK_LDFLAGS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -L$(ISAL_DIR)/lib64 -lisal
+@@ -99,8 +99,13 @@ endif
+ ifeq ($(CONFIG_DPDK_COMPRESSDEV),y)
+ DPDK_DRIVERS += compress compress/isal
+ DPDK_LIBS += compressdev
++ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_PATH),)
+ DPDK_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR) -I$(ISAL_BUILD_DIR)
+ DPDK_LDFLAGS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -lisal
++else
++DPDK_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR)/include
++DPDK_LDFLAGS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/lib64 -lisal
++endif
  endif
  
  DPDK_ENABLED_DRIVERS = $(shell echo $(DPDK_DRIVERS) | sed -E "s/ +/,/g")
+diff --git a/include/spdk/isa-l-crypto.h b/include/spdk/isa-l-crypto.h
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..79c9ee60d
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/include/spdk/isa-l-crypto.h
+@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
++/*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
++ *   Copyright (C) 2025 Google LLC
++ *   All rights reserved.
++ */
++
++/** \file
++ * Wrapper for isa-l_crypto headers
++ */
++
++#ifndef SPDK_ISAL_CRYPTO_H
++#define SPDK_ISAL_CRYPTO_H
++
++#include "spdk/config.h"
++
++#ifdef __cplusplus
++extern "C" {
++#endif
++
++#ifndef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO
++#error include/spdk/isa-l-crypto.h included when ISA-L-crypto is disabled!
++#endif
++
++#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_INSTALLED
++#include <isa-l_crypto/aes_xts.h>
++#include <isa-l_crypto/isal_crypto_api.h>
++#else
++#include "../isa-l-crypto/include/isa-l_crypto/aes_xts.h"
++#include "../isa-l-crypto/include/isa-l_crypto/isal_crypto_api.h"
++#endif
++
++#ifdef __cplusplus
++}
++#endif
++
++#endif
+diff --git a/include/spdk/isa-l.h b/include/spdk/isa-l.h
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..ff362fb5c
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/include/spdk/isa-l.h
+@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
++/*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
++ *   Copyright (C) 2025 Google LLC
++ *   All rights reserved.
++ */
++
++/** \file
++ * Wrapper for isa-l headers
++ */
++
++#ifndef SPDK_ISAL_H
++#define SPDK_ISAL_H
++
++#include "spdk/config.h"
++
++#ifdef __cplusplus
++extern "C" {
++#endif
++
++#ifndef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
++#error include/spdk/isa-l.h included when ISA-L is disabled!
++#endif
++
++#define SPDK_HAVE_ISAL
++#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_INSTALLED
++#include <isa-l/crc.h>
++#include <isa-l/crc64.h>
++#include <isa-l/igzip_lib.h>
++#include <isa-l/raid.h>
++#else
++#include "../isa-l/include/crc.h"
++#include "../isa-l/include/crc64.h"
++#include "../isa-l/include/igzip_lib.h"
++#include "../isa-l/include/raid.h"
++#endif
++
++#ifdef __cplusplus
++}
++#endif
++
++#endif
 diff --git a/lib/accel/Makefile b/lib/accel/Makefile
-index 0d4cb1239..840a031a1 100644
+index 7065e1e45..b762c7c76 100644
 --- a/lib/accel/Makefile
 +++ b/lib/accel/Makefile
-@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_LZ4),y)
+@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_LZ4),y)
  LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -llz4
  endif
  
-+LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/lib64 -lisal_crypto
++ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO),y)
++LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_CRYPTO_LIB_DIR) -lisal_crypto
++endif
 +
  SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_accel.map)
  
  include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.lib.mk
 diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_sw.c b/lib/accel/accel_sw.c
-index d7e2dfff9..03b1dcb4c 100644
+index e9e9b5a4d..3bcdc9839 100644
 --- a/lib/accel/accel_sw.c
 +++ b/lib/accel/accel_sw.c
-@@ -24,12 +24,21 @@
+@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
  #endif
  
  #ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_PATH
-+#include <isa-l/igzip_lib.h>
-+#else
- #include "../isa-l/include/igzip_lib.h"
-+#endif
+-#include "../isa-l/include/igzip_lib.h"
++#include "spdk/isa-l.h"
  #ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH
-+#include "isa-l-crypto/aes_xts.h"
-+#include "isa-l-crypto/isal_crypto_api.h"
-+#else
- #include "../isa-l-crypto/include/aes_xts.h"
- #include "../isa-l-crypto/include/isal_crypto_api.h"
+-#include "../isa-l-crypto/include/isa-l_crypto/aes_xts.h"
+-#include "../isa-l-crypto/include/isa-l_crypto/isal_crypto_api.h"
++#include "spdk/isa-l-crypto.h"
  #endif
  #endif
-+#endif
  
- /* Per the AES-XTS spec, the size of data unit cannot be bigger than 2^20 blocks, 128b each block */
- #define ACCEL_AES_XTS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE (1 << 24)
-diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
-index f71de7f48..a45a019df 100644
---- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
-+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
-@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ endif
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_VBDEV_COMPRESS),y)
--DPDK_PRIVATE_LINKER_ARGS += -lisal -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs
-+DPDK_PRIVATE_LINKER_ARGS += -lisal -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -L$(ISAL_DIR)/lib64
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_VBDEV_COMPRESS_MLX5),y)
- DPDK_PRIVATE_LINKER_ARGS += -lmlx5 -libverbs
- endif
 diff --git a/lib/util/Makefile b/lib/util/Makefile
-index e9daa2623..c2fa28734 100644
+index 272ca555a..3673d4572 100644
 --- a/lib/util/Makefile
 +++ b/lib/util/Makefile
-@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_UUID_GENERATE_SHA1), n)
+@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_UUID_GENERATE_SHA1), n)
  LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -lssl
  endif
  
-+LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/lib64 -lisal
++ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL),y)
++LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_LIB_DIR) -lisal
++endif
 +
  CFLAGS += -Wpointer-arith
  
  SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_util.map)
 diff --git a/lib/util/crc16.c b/lib/util/crc16.c
-index f085a2851..a5e6937ca 100644
+index f085a2851..1ac00a6b4 100644
 --- a/lib/util/crc16.c
 +++ b/lib/util/crc16.c
-@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   */
  
  #ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_PATH
-+#include <isa-l/crc.h>
-+#else
- #include "isa-l/include/crc.h"
-+#endif
-+
+-#include "isa-l/include/crc.h"
++#include "spdk/isa-l.h"
  
  uint16_t
  spdk_crc16_t10dif(uint16_t init_crc, const void *buf, size_t len)
 diff --git a/lib/util/crc64.c b/lib/util/crc64.c
-index b1a37af35..31bd7bd3c 100644
+index b1a37af35..8b9cb490b 100644
 --- a/lib/util/crc64.c
 +++ b/lib/util/crc64.c
-@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  #include "spdk/crc64.h"
  
  #ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_PATH
-+#include <isa-l/crc64.h>
-+#else
- #include "isa-l/include/crc64.h"
-+#endif
+-#include "isa-l/include/crc64.h"
++#include "spdk/isa-l.h"
  
  uint64_t
  spdk_crc64_nvme(const void *buf, size_t len, uint64_t crc)
 diff --git a/lib/util/crc_internal.h b/lib/util/crc_internal.h
-index b432d0d7b..f9979249f 100644
+index b432d0d7b..b55ac798a 100644
 --- a/lib/util/crc_internal.h
 +++ b/lib/util/crc_internal.h
-@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
+@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
+ #include "spdk/config.h"
  
  #ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
- #define SPDK_HAVE_ISAL
+-#define SPDK_HAVE_ISAL
 -#include <isa-l/include/crc.h>
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_PATH
-+#include <isa-l/crc.h>
-+#else
-+#include "isa-l/include/crc.h"
-+#endif
++#include "spdk/isa-l.h"
  #elif defined(__aarch64__) && defined(__ARM_FEATURE_CRC32)
  #define SPDK_HAVE_ARM_CRC
  #include <arm_acle.h>
 diff --git a/lib/util/xor.c b/lib/util/xor.c
-index 07eca5f50..2b15aea3b 100644
+index 07eca5f50..ce51f762d 100644
 --- a/lib/util/xor.c
 +++ b/lib/util/xor.c
-@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ xor_gen_basic(void *dest, void **sources, uint32_t n, uint32_t len)
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ xor_gen_basic(void *dest, void **sources, uint32_t n, uint32_t len)
  }
  
  #ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_PATH
-+#include <isa-l/raid.h>
-+#else
- #include "isa-l/include/raid.h"
-+#endif
+-#include "isa-l/include/raid.h"
++#include "spdk/isa-l.h"
  
  #define SPDK_XOR_BUF_ALIGN 32
  
 diff --git a/mk/spdk.common.mk b/mk/spdk.common.mk
-index 19f0192c2..65ef68f50 100644
+index 5a98c9636..6b48a6133 100644
 --- a/mk/spdk.common.mk
 +++ b/mk/spdk.common.mk
-@@ -179,23 +179,31 @@ endif
+@@ -179,25 +179,39 @@ endif
  
  IPSEC_MB_DIR=$(CONFIG_IPSEC_MB_DIR)
  
 +ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_PATH),)
  ISAL_DIR=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/isa-l
++ISAL_INCLUDE_DIR=$(ISAL_DIR)/..
++ISAL_LIB_DIR=$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs
 +else
-+ISAL_DIR=$(CONFIG_ISAL_PATH)
++ISAL_INCLUDE_DIR=$(CONFIG_ISAL_PATH)/include
++ISAL_LIB_DIR=$(CONFIG_ISAL_PATH)/lib64
 +endif
 +ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH),)
  ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/isa-l-crypto
++ISAL_CRYPTO_INCLUDE_DIR=$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/..
++ISAL_CRYPTO_LIB_DIR=$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs
 +else
-+ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR=$(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH)
++ISAL_CRYPTO_INCLUDE_DIR=$(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH)/include
++ISAL_CRYPTO_LIB_DIR=$(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO_PATH)/lib64
 +endif
  ISAL_BUILD_DIR=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/isalbuild
  ISAL_CRYPTO_BUILD_DIR=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/isalcryptobuild
--ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL), y)
+ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL), y)
 -COMMON_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR)/.. -I$(ISAL_BUILD_DIR)
-+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL),y)
-+COMMON_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR)/.. -I$(ISAL_DIR)/include -I$(ISAL_BUILD_DIR)
++COMMON_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(ISAL_BUILD_DIR)
  ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHARED),y)
 -SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -lisal
 -LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs
-+SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -L$(ISAL_DIR)/lib64 -lisal
-+LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_DIR)/.lib -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_DIR)/lib64
++SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_LIB_DIR) -lisal
++LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_LIB_DIR)
  else
- SYS_LIBS += $(ISAL_DIR)/.libs/libisal.a
+-SYS_LIBS += $(ISAL_DIR)/.libs/libisal.a
++SYS_LIBS += $(ISAL_LIB_DIR)/libisal.a
  endif
 -ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO), y)
+-COMMON_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.. -I$(ISAL_CRYPTO_BUILD_DIR)
 +ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO),y)
- COMMON_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.. -I$(ISAL_CRYPTO_BUILD_DIR)
++COMMON_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_CRYPTO_INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(ISAL_CRYPTO_BUILD_DIR)
  ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHARED),y)
 -SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs -lisal_crypto
 -LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs
-+SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs -L$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/lib64 -lisal_crypto
-+LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/lib64
++SYS_LIBS += -L$(ISAL_CRYPTO_LIB_DIR) -lisal_crypto
++LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath=$(ISAL_CRYPTO_LIB_DIR)
  else
- SYS_LIBS += $(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs/libisal_crypto.a
+-SYS_LIBS += $(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs/libisal_crypto.a
++SYS_LIBS += $(ISAL_CRYPTO_LIB_DIR)/libisal_crypto.a
+ endif
  endif
+ endif
+diff --git a/test/cpp_headers/Makefile b/test/cpp_headers/Makefile
+index 80e3af505..32376779d 100644
+--- a/test/cpp_headers/Makefile
++++ b/test/cpp_headers/Makefile
+@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ HEADERS := $(wildcard $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/include/spdk/*.h)
+ # on FreeBSD, we want to ignore queue_extras.h entirely.
+ HEADERS := $(filter-out $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/include/spdk/queue_extras.h,$(HEADERS))
+ HEADERS := $(filter-out $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/include/spdk/vfu_target.h,$(HEADERS))
++ifneq ($(CONFIG_ISAL),y)
++HEADERS := $(filter-out $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/include/spdk/isa-l.h,$(HEADERS))
++endif
++ifneq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO),y)
++HEADERS := $(filter-out $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/include/spdk/isa-l-crypto.h,$(HEADERS))
++endif
+ CXX_SRCS := $(patsubst %.h,%.cpp,$(notdir $(HEADERS)))
+ 
+ install : all
diff --git a/deps/patches/spdk/0002_spdk_rwf_nowait.patch b/deps/patches/spdk/0002_spdk_rwf_nowait.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e65bb55e32b..00000000000
--- a/deps/patches/spdk/0002_spdk_rwf_nowait.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
-index 89c34e90b..02ce04692 100644
---- a/CONFIG
-+++ b/CONFIG
-@@ -256,3 +256,6 @@ CONFIG_COPY_FILE_RANGE=n
- 
- # liblz4 is available
- CONFIG_HAVE_LZ4=n
-+
-+# aio_rw_flags are enabled
-+CONFIG_HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS=n
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 26c9b0f4d..d8daedc37 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -860,6 +860,22 @@ if [[ $sys_name != "Linux" ]]; then
- 	fi
- fi
- 
-+if echo -e '#include <linux/fs.h>\n' \
-+        '#include <libaio.h>\n' \
-+        '#include <stddef.h>\n' \
-+        '#ifndef RWF_NOWAIT\n' \
-+        '#error "No RWF_NOWAIT is defined"\n' \
-+        '#endif\n' \
-+        'int main(int argc, char **argv) {\n' \
-+        'return offsetof(struct iocb, aio_rw_flags);\n}\n' \
-+        | "${BUILD_CMD[@]}" -c - ; then
-+        echo HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS=YES
-+        CONFIG[HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS]="y"
-+else
-+        echo HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS=NO
-+        CONFIG[HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS]="n"
-+fi
-+
- if [ "${CONFIG[RDMA]}" = "y" ]; then
- 	if [[ ! "${CONFIG[RDMA_PROV]}" == "verbs" ]] && [[ ! "${CONFIG[RDMA_PROV]}" == "mlx5_dv" ]]; then
- 		echo "Invalid RDMA provider specified, must be \"verbs\" or \"mlx5_dv\""
-diff --git a/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c b/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
-index b51d6c83a..01914fb9d 100644
---- a/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
-+++ b/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
-@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct file_disk {
- 	struct spdk_bdev	disk;
- 	char			*filename;
- 	int			fd;
--#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS
- 	bool			use_nowait;
- #endif
- 	TAILQ_ENTRY(file_disk)  link;
-@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ bdev_aio_open(struct file_disk *disk)
- {
- 	int fd;
- 	int io_flag = disk->readonly ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR;
--#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS
- 	struct stat st;
- #endif
- 
-@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ bdev_aio_open(struct file_disk *disk)
- 
- 	disk->fd = fd;
- 
--#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS
- 	/* Some aio operations can block, for example if number outstanding
- 	 * I/O exceeds number of block layer tags. But not all files can
- 	 * support RWF_NOWAIT flag. So use RWF_NOWAIT on block devices only.
-@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ bdev_aio_submit_io(enum spdk_bdev_io_type type, struct file_disk *fdisk,
- 		io_set_eventfd(iocb, aio_ch->group_ch->efd);
- 	}
- 	iocb->data = aio_task;
--#ifdef RWF_NOWAIT
-+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_HAVE_AIO_RW_FLAGS
- 	if (fdisk->use_nowait) {
- 		iocb->aio_rw_flags = RWF_NOWAIT;
- 	}
diff --git a/docs/QSG/build_from_scratch.md b/docs/QSG/build_from_scratch.md
index f0031e2698e..961f79cc35c 100644
--- a/docs/QSG/build_from_scratch.md
+++ b/docs/QSG/build_from_scratch.md
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ PATH.
  $ python3 -m pip install -r requirements-build.txt
  ```
 
+**Note:** Starting with SPDK v26.01, the 'uv' Python package manager is required to build SPDK's
+Python modules. This is automatically installed when you run the above `pip install -r requirements-build.txt`
+command. If you encounter "uv: command not found" errors during the build, ensure you have run this
+step or manually install uv with `pip install uv`.
+
 ## Build DAOS
 
 Once all prerequisites installed and the sources are downloaded,
diff --git a/docs/admin/env_variables.md b/docs/admin/env_variables.md
index 12a00d406de..d21d9d57338 100644
--- a/docs/admin/env_variables.md
+++ b/docs/admin/env_variables.md
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Environment variables in this section only apply to the server side.
 |DAOS\_DTX\_BATCHED\_ULT\_MAX|The max count of DTX batched commit ULTs. The valid range is [0, unlimited). 0 means to commit DTX synchronously. The default value is 32.|
 |DAOS\_FORWARD\_NEIGHBOR|Set to enable I/O forwarding on neighbor xstream in the absence of helper threads.|
 |DAOS\_POOL\_RF|Redundancy factor for the pool. The valid range is [0, 4]. The default value is 2.|
+|DAOS\_SPDK\_LOG\_LEVEL|SPDK framework logging level. INTEGER. Valid range [0-4]. 0=DISABLED, 1=ERROR (default), 2=WARN, 3=NOTICE, 4=INFO/DEBUG. Higher levels increase verbosity. Useful for debugging NVMe initialization and SPDK issues. Set in engine config `env_vars` section.|
+|DAOS\_DPDK\_LOG\_LEVEL|DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) logging level. INTEGER. Valid range [1-8]. 1=EMERG, 2=ALERT, 3=CRIT, 4=ERR (default), 5=WARNING, 6=NOTICE, 7=INFO, 8=DEBUG. Higher levels increase verbosity. Useful for debugging DPDK initialization issues. Set in engine config `env_vars` section.|
 
 ## Server and Client environment variables
 
diff --git a/requirements-build.txt b/requirements-build.txt
index 952e8a520db..25df8cd9aab 100644
--- a/requirements-build.txt
+++ b/requirements-build.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ ninja
 meson
 distro
 pyelftools
+uv
diff --git a/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py b/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
index bc4fd1aa730..1b671d16817 100644
--- a/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
+++ b/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
@@ -1472,10 +1472,19 @@ def _patch_rpaths(self):
                 if lib.endswith(".py"):
                     continue
                 full_lib = os.path.join(path, lib)
+                # Check if file is an ELF binary before attempting to patch
+                try:
+                    with open(full_lib, 'rb') as f:
+                        magic = f.read(4)
+                        if magic != b'\x7fELF':
+                            # Not an ELF file, skip silently (e.g., Python script wrappers)
+                            continue
+                except (IOError, OSError):
+                    continue
                 cmd = ['patchelf', '--set-rpath', ':'.join(rpath), full_lib]
                 res = RUNNER.run_commands([cmd])
                 if not res:
-                    if lib in ('libspdk.so', 'spdk_cli', 'spdk_rpc'):
+                    if lib in ('libspdk.so', 'spdk_cli', 'spdk_rpc', 'spdk-mcp', 'spdk-sma'):
                         print(f'Skipped patching {full_lib}')
                     else:
                         raise BuildFailure(f'Error running patchelf on {full_lib}')
diff --git a/src/bio/bio_device.c b/src/bio/bio_device.c
index 54baed2db69..95ac3e10f09 100644
--- a/src/bio/bio_device.c
+++ b/src/bio/bio_device.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ pci_device_cb(void *ctx, struct spdk_pci_device *pci_device)
 
 	/* Populate pci_dev_type and socket_id */
 
-	*opts->socket_id = spdk_pci_device_get_socket_id(pci_device);
+	*opts->socket_id = spdk_pci_device_get_numa_id(pci_device);
 
 	device_type = spdk_pci_device_get_type(pci_device);
 	if (device_type == NULL) {
diff --git a/src/common/control.c b/src/common/control.c
index 75f5ee7db0d..c40ad1b82fe 100644
--- a/src/common/control.c
+++ b/src/common/control.c
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ dpdk_cli_build_opts(int eal_level, int default_level)
 		       "--log-level=user5:%d "
 		       "--log-level=user6:%d "
 		       "--log-level=user7:%d "
-		       "--log-level=user8:%d "
-		       "--no-telemetry",
+		       "--log-level=user8:%d",
 		       eal_level, default_level, default_level, default_level, default_level,
 		       default_level, default_level, default_level, default_level, default_level,
 		       default_level, default_level, default_level, default_level, default_level,
diff --git a/src/control/lib/spdk/ctests/nvme_control_ut.c b/src/control/lib/spdk/ctests/nvme_control_ut.c
index 4bdcbe16d29..94eb5745ab7 100644
--- a/src/control/lib/spdk/ctests/nvme_control_ut.c
+++ b/src/control/lib/spdk/ctests/nvme_control_ut.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * (C) Copyright 2019-2021 Intel Corporation.
- * (C) Copyright 2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+ * (C) Copyright 2025-2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
  */
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ mock_spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_pci_device(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
 }
 
 static int
-mock_spdk_pci_device_get_socket_id(struct spdk_pci_device *dev)
+mock_spdk_pci_device_get_numa_id(struct spdk_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	(void)dev;
 	return 1;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ test_collect(void **state)
 
 	assert_null(test_ret->ctrlrs);
 	_collect(test_ret, &mock_copy_ctrlr_data, &mock_spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_pci_device,
-		 &mock_spdk_pci_device_get_socket_id, &mock_spdk_pci_device_get_type);
+		 &mock_spdk_pci_device_get_numa_id, &mock_spdk_pci_device_get_type);
 
 	if (test_ret->rc != 0)
 		fprintf(stderr, "collect err: %s\n", test_ret->info);
diff --git a/src/control/lib/spdk/src/nvme_control_common.c b/src/control/lib/spdk/src/nvme_control_common.c
index 41d859e1a19..11bd00b4bc4 100644
--- a/src/control/lib/spdk/src/nvme_control_common.c
+++ b/src/control/lib/spdk/src/nvme_control_common.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * (C) Copyright 2019-2023 Intel Corporation.
- * (C) Copyright 2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+ * (C) Copyright 2025-2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
  */
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ collect(void)
 
 	ret = init_ret();
 	_collect(ret, &copy_ctrlr_data, &spdk_nvme_ctrlr_get_pci_device,
-		 &spdk_pci_device_get_socket_id, &spdk_pci_device_get_type);
+		 &spdk_pci_device_get_numa_id, &spdk_pci_device_get_type);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/utils/build.config b/utils/build.config
index 0dbc1be9733..814e3346bf5 100644
--- a/utils/build.config
+++ b/utils/build.config
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ argobots=v1.2
 fused=v1.0.0
 pmdk=2.1.3
 isal=v2.31.1
-isal_crypto=v2.25.0
-spdk=v24.09
+isal_crypto=v2.26
+spdk=v26.01
 ofi=v1.22.0
 mercury=v2.4.1
 protobufc=v1.3.3
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ protobufc=https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.git
 ucx=https://github.com/openucx/ucx.git
 
 [patch_versions]
-spdk=0001_3428322b812fe31cc3e1d0308a7f5bd4b06b9886.diff,0002_spdk_rwf_nowait.patch,0003_external_isal.patch
+spdk=0001_external_isal_v26.01.patch
 mercury=0001_dep_versions.patch,0002_ofi_counters.patch,0003_ofi_auth_key.patch
 pmdk=https://github.com/daos-stack/pmdk/commit/bb048d67ccd07609f86a5e8b3c6ad54414d593ee.diff,https://github.com/daos-stack/pmdk/commit/69925cf455ef672c4cbdbdb13bef7ae581e67045.diff,https://github.com/daos-stack/pmdk/commit/6805ed4f8d1a4e4c6070bf8b68f0dffef08b9c99.diff
 argobots=0001_411e5b344642ebc82190fd8b125db512e5b449d1.diff,0002_bb0c908abfac4bfe37852eee621930634183c6aa.diff
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.changelog b/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.changelog
index 181aa36bc16..811e1a04c41 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.changelog
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Thu May 12 2026 Signed-off-by: Tom Nabarro <thomas.nabarro@hpe.com> - 26.01-1
+- Upgrade to SPDK v26.01, update version number to match SPDK release version
+- Update external ISA-L patch for v26.01 compatibility
+
 * Tue Nov 25 2025 Jeff Olivier <jeffolivier@google.com> - 2.0.0-1
 - Upgrade to SPDK 24.09.
 - Restore missing changelog
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.sh b/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.sh
index 4a7bed3428c..fc60b3d5523 100755
--- a/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.sh
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos-spdk.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ list_files files "${SL_SPDK_PREFIX}/lib64/daos_srv/libspdk*.so.*" \
 clean_bin "${files[@]}"
 append_install_list "${files[@]}"
 
-TARGET_PATH="${libdir}/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-24.1"
-list_files files "${SL_SPDK_PREFIX}/lib64/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-24.1/lib*.so.*"
+TARGET_PATH="${libdir}/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-26.0"
+list_files files "${SL_SPDK_PREFIX}/lib64/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-26.0/lib*.so.*"
 clean_bin "${files[@]}"
 append_install_list "${files[@]}"
 
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ list_files files "${SL_SPDK_PREFIX}/lib64/pkgconfig/daos_spdk.pc"
 replace_paths "${SL_SPDK_PREFIX}" "${files[@]}"
 append_install_list "${files[@]}"
 
-TARGET_PATH="${libdir}/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-24.1"
-list_files files "${SL_SPDK_PREFIX}/lib64/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-24.1/lib*.so"
+TARGET_PATH="${libdir}/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-26.0"
+list_files files "${SL_SPDK_PREFIX}/lib64/daos_srv/dpdk/pmds-26.0/lib*.so"
 append_install_list "${files[@]}"
 
 TARGET_PATH="${includedir}/daos_srv/spdk"
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.spec b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
index 254d641173e..6543d644d89 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.spec
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ BuildRequires: capstone-devel
 %endif
 %if %{with server}
 BuildRequires: libaio-devel
-BuildRequires: spdk-devel >= 22.01.2
+BuildRequires: spdk-devel >= 26.01
 %endif
 %if (0%{?rhel} >= 8)
 BuildRequires: isa-l-devel
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ to optimize performance and cost.
 %package server
 Summary: The DAOS server
 Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: spdk-tools >= 22.01.2
+Requires: spdk-tools >= 26.01
 Requires: ndctl
 # needed to set PMem configuration goals in BIOS through control-plane
 %if (0%{?suse_version} >= 1500)
diff --git a/utils/rpms/isa-l_crypto.changelog b/utils/rpms/isa-l_crypto.changelog
index fa390eeb012..2c7839ea6f6 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/isa-l_crypto.changelog
+++ b/utils/rpms/isa-l_crypto.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Fri May 08 2026 Tom Nabarro <thomas.nabarro@hpe.com> - 2.26.0-1
+* Update DAOS to 2.26 release to mirror SPDK v26.01 submodule
+
 * Thu Nov 6 2025 Jeff Olivier <jeffolivier@google.com> - 2.25.0-1
 - Update DAOS to 2.25.0 release
 - Restore change log missing since 2.24.0-1
diff --git a/utils/rpms/package_info.sh b/utils/rpms/package_info.sh
index 5103980c8d0..e138b0ddd62 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/package_info.sh
+++ b/utils/rpms/package_info.sh
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ export pmdk_full="${pmdk_version}-${pmdk_release}"
 export isal_version="2.31.1"
 export isal_release="8${distro_name}"
 export isal_full="${isal_version}-${isal_release}"
-export isal_crypto_version="2.25.0"
+export isal_crypto_version="2.26"
 export isal_crypto_release="1${distro_name}"
 export isal_crypto_full="${isal_crypto_version}-${isal_crypto_release}"
-export daos_spdk_version="2.0.0"
+export spdk_major_version="26.01"
+export daos_spdk_version=${spdk_major_version}
 export daos_spdk_release="1${distro_name}"
 export daos_spdk_full="${daos_spdk_version}-${daos_spdk_release}"
 export fused_version="1.0.0"