diff --git a/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml b/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml
index e4fae2394..77f63c96e 100644
--- a/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml
@@ -109,3 +109,13 @@
         - use_puppetlabs is defined
         - use_puppetlabs|bool
         - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+
+    - block:
+      - name: Workaround for lp bug 1962506 (CentOS/RHEL 9)
+        shell:
+          cmd: |
+            dnf config-manager --save --setopt exclude=flexiblas*3.0.4-7*
+        become: true
+      when:
+        - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+        - ansible_distribution_major_version == "9"