diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 9bfe28c6a44..127d43927fd 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ env:
     ####
     #### Cache-image names to test with (double-quotes around names are critical)
     ####
-    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-42"
+    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-43"
     FEDORA_AARCH64_NAME: "${FEDORA_NAME}-aarch64"
-    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-41"
+    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-42"
     RAWHIDE_NAME: "rawhide"
     DEBIAN_NAME: "debian-14"
 
     # Image identifiers
-    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c20251110t154831z-f42f41d14"
+    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c20251111t215138z-f43f42d14"
 
     # EC2 images
     FEDORA_AMI: "fedora-aws-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh b/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
index 9d67774da8c..fe2f6edf38d 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ echo -e "\n# Begin single-use VM global variables (${BASH_SOURCE[0]})" \
     done <<<"$(passthrough_envars)"
 ) >> "/etc/ci_environment"
 
+# Unset NOTIFY_SOCKET based on: https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/27514#issuecomment-3529125596
+unset NOTIFY_SOCKET
 # This is a possible manual maintenance gaff, i.e. forgetting to update a
 # *_NAME variable in .cirrus.yml.  check to be sure at least one comparison
 # matches the actual OS being run.  Ignore details, such as debian point-release
diff --git a/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py b/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py
index e62b210ebc9..53ff49a4d7c 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py
+++ b/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import requests
 from dateutil.parser import parse
-from .fixtures import APITestCase
+from .fixtures import APITestCase, set_start_method
 
 
 class ImageTestCase(APITestCase):
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ def do_search5():
             self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 400, f"#5: {r.text}")
 
         i = 1
+        # Need to explicitly set start method
+        # https://docs.python.org/dev/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods
+        set_start_method('fork')
         for fn in [do_search1, do_search2, do_search3, do_search4, do_search5]:
             with self.subTest(i=i):
                 search = Process(target=fn)