diff --git a/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml b/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml
index a1a7d90a547..fbe9b259842 100644
--- a/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml
+++ b/utils/ansible/ftest/vars/Rocky8.yml
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ daos_base_deps:
 daos_dev_deps:
   rpms:
     - daos-raft-devel
+    - daxctl-devel
     - gcc-gfortran
     - libaec-devel
     - libattr-devel
+    - ndctl-devel
     - python3.11
     - python3.11-devel
     - python3-clustershell