diff --git a/ci-fix-NM-reload-and-bring-up-individual-network-conns-.patch b/ci-fix-NM-reload-and-bring-up-individual-network-conns-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3c2f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-fix-NM-reload-and-bring-up-individual-network-conns-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+From 95e9d95a1bd0b995cdb505395b761896739d1476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ani Sinha <anisinha@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:46:35 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] fix: NM reload and bring up individual network conns (#6073)
+
+RH-Author: Ani Sinha <anisinha@redhat.com>
+RH-MergeRequest: 125: fix: NM reload and bring up individual network conns (#6073)
+RH-Jira: RHEL-81703
+RH-Commit: [1/1] 7d9b3575e1807360c40a1f45620060d1843a65b7 (anisinha/cloud-init)
+
+Reloading the network manager service is equivalent to "nmcli reload" and this
+command only reloads the global .conf files and DNS config, not connections.
+This means changes to connection files will not take effect. For those to take
+effect, we need "nmcli conn load/reload" and then "nmcli conn up". Thus,
+reloading network manager as well as reloading the connections are required to
+cover all cases.
+
+Also see https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/5512#issuecomment-2298371744
+
+While at it, rename "reload-or-try-restart" -> "try-reload-or-restart" since
+the former is legacy and the later is the officially documented sub-command.
+
+Fixes: GH-6064
+Fixes: bde913ae242 ("fix(NetworkManager): Fix network activator")
+
+Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <anisinha@redhat.com>
+(cherry picked from commit 671baf22df846bcc2cfecf3d2c0e09a816fbf240)
+Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <anisinha@redhat.com>
+---
+ cloudinit/net/activators.py            | 4 ++--
+ tests/unittests/test_net_activators.py | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cloudinit/net/activators.py b/cloudinit/net/activators.py
+index de9a1d3c9..942128941 100644
+--- a/cloudinit/net/activators.py
++++ b/cloudinit/net/activators.py
+@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ class NetworkManagerActivator(NetworkActivator):
+                 state,
+             )
+         return _alter_interface(
+-            ["systemctl", "reload-or-try-restart", "NetworkManager.service"],
++            ["systemctl", "try-reload-or-restart", "NetworkManager.service"],
+             "all",
+-        )
++        ) and all(cls.bring_up_interface(device) for device in device_names)
+ 
+ 
+ class NetplanActivator(NetworkActivator):
+diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_net_activators.py b/tests/unittests/test_net_activators.py
+index a720ada81..84876b73b 100644
+--- a/tests/unittests/test_net_activators.py
++++ b/tests/unittests/test_net_activators.py
+@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_BRING_UP_ALL_CALL_LIST: list = [
+         ),
+         {},
+     ),
+-    ((["systemctl", "reload-or-try-restart", "NetworkManager.service"],), {}),
+-]
++    ((["systemctl", "try-reload-or-restart", "NetworkManager.service"],), {}),
++] + NETWORK_MANAGER_BRING_UP_CALL_LIST
+ 
+ NETWORKD_BRING_UP_CALL_LIST: list = [
+     ((["ip", "link", "set", "dev", "eth0", "up"],), {}),
+-- 
+2.48.1
+
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index d468b28..2986d7b 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           cloud-init
 Version:        24.4
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Cloud instance init scripts
 License:        ASL 2.0 or GPLv3
 URL:            http://launchpad.net/cloud-init
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Patch7: ci-Use-log_with_downgradable_level-for-user-password-wa.patch
 Patch8: ci-downstream-set-deprecation-boundary-version.patch
 # For RHEL-76361 - [c9s] cloud-init remove 'NOZEROCONF=yes' from /etc/sysconfig/network
 Patch9: ci-net-sysconfig-do-not-remove-all-existing-settings-of.patch
+# For RHEL-81703 - DataSourceNoCloudNet network configuration is ineffective - c9s
+Patch10: ci-fix-NM-reload-and-bring-up-individual-network-conns-.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -235,6 +237,11 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/rsyslog.d/21-cloudinit.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 18 2025 Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com> - 24.4-5
+- ci-fix-NM-reload-and-bring-up-individual-network-conns-.patch [RHEL-81703]
+- Resolves: RHEL-81703
+  (DataSourceNoCloudNet network configuration is ineffective - c9s)
+
 * Mon Feb 17 2025 Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com> - 24.4-4
 - ci-net-sysconfig-do-not-remove-all-existing-settings-of.patch [RHEL-76361]
 - Resolves: RHEL-76361