diff --git a/.fixtures.yml b/.fixtures.yml
index 1c744c9a..f83777e7 100644
--- a/.fixtures.yml
+++ b/.fixtures.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ fixtures:
   repositories:
     stdlib: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib.git
     apt: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apt.git
-    inifile: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-inifile.git
+    inifile:
+      repo: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-inifile.git
+      ref: "v6.2.0"
     yumrepo_core: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-yumrepo_core.git
     facts: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-facts.git
diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index eed05ca6..2a2988d8 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@
         # any other type of source means we use a package manager (yum) with no 'source' parameter in the
         # package resource below
         $_package_version = $package_version
-        $_provider = 'yum'
+        if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Fedora' and versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '41') {
+          $_provider = undef
+        } else {
+          $_provider = 'yum'
+        }
         $_source = undef
       }
     }
diff --git a/spec/classes/puppet_agent_spec.rb b/spec/classes/puppet_agent_spec.rb
index bdf47f1c..822e6608 100644
--- a/spec/classes/puppet_agent_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/puppet_agent_spec.rb
@@ -119,6 +119,26 @@ def global_facts(facts, os)
     end
   end
 
+  context 'package provider' do
+    # module is still pinned to older rspec-puppet and facterdb
+    os_name = 'fedora-41-x86_64'
+    os_facts = {
+      os_name => on_supported_os['fedora-39-x86_64'],
+    }
+    os_facts.values.first[:os]['release'] = { 'full' => '41', 'major' => '41' }
+    os_facts.each do |os, facts|
+      context "on #{os}" do
+        let(:facts) do
+          global_facts(facts, os)
+        end
+
+        let(:params) { { package_version: '6.18.0' } }
+
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package('puppet-agent').with_provider(nil) }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'supported_operating systems' do
     on_supported_os.each do |os, facts|
       context "on #{os}" do