diff --git a/CHANGES/7434.bugfix b/CHANGES/7434.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e2b3cd3016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/7434.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added ``usedforsecurity=False`` to ``pulp_hashlib.new()`` so FIPS-disallowed algorithms used for content addressing no longer raise ``UnsupportedDigestmodError``.
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/pulp_hashlib.py b/pulpcore/app/pulp_hashlib.py
index 604709b4daa..3e40081e8d2 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/pulp_hashlib.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/pulp_hashlib.py
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ def new(name, *args, **kwargs):
                 "setting"
             ).format(name)
         )
+    kwargs.setdefault("usedforsecurity", False)
     return the_real_hashlib.new(name, *args, **kwargs)