diff --git a/containers-common.spec b/containers-common.spec
index 6f37a05..7eab512 100644
--- a/containers-common.spec
+++ b/containers-common.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Name: containers-common
 Epoch: 6
 Version: %{container_libs_version}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: Apache-2.0
 BuildArch: noarch
 # for BuildRequires: go-md2man
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ BuildRequires: go-md2man
 Provides: skopeo-containers = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Requires: (container-selinux >= 2:2.162.1 if selinux-policy)
 Requires: netavark
-Obsoletes: containernetworking-plugins < 2
 Suggests: fuse-overlayfs
 # Conflict versions using the old config file loading to avoid mismatch between code and configs.
 Conflicts: podman < 5:6
@@ -250,6 +249,9 @@ ln -s ../../../..%{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/
 %files extra
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 19 2026 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 6:6.0-3
+- Drop ineffective Obsoletes for containernetworking-plugins (RHEL-212289)
+
 * Thu Jul 02 2026 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 6:6.0-2
 - fix broken rootless storage.conf mount option (metacopy=on conflicts with
   userxattr) - split storage vendor config into separate rootful and rootless