diff --git a/SPECS/fence-agents.spec b/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
index 799fb15..c8c255b 100644
--- a/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
+++ b/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 Name: fence-agents
 Summary: Set of unified programs capable of host isolation ("fencing")
 Version: 4.2.1
-Release: 53%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
+Release: 53%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}.1
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: https://github.com/ClusterLabs/fence-agents
@@ -456,7 +456,14 @@ The fence-agents-amt-ws package contains a fence agent for AMT (WS-Man) devices.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for APC devices
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -518,7 +525,14 @@ Fence agent for Azure Resource Manager instances.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for IBM BladeCenter
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -533,7 +547,14 @@ via telnet or SSH.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for Brocade switches
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -593,7 +614,14 @@ Fence agent for Nova compute nodes.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for Dell DRAC 5
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -681,7 +709,14 @@ ping-heuristics.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for HP BladeSystem devices
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -743,7 +778,14 @@ the HTTP(s) protocol.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for HP iLO Moonshot devices
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -758,7 +800,15 @@ via telnet or SSH.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for HP iLO MP devices
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
+Requires: fence-agents-common = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -861,7 +911,14 @@ Fence agent for use with kdump crash recovery service.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for IBM LPAR
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -919,7 +976,14 @@ Fence agent for RHEV-M via REST API.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for IBM RSA II
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -935,7 +999,14 @@ via telnet or SSH.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for Fujitsu RSB
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -1023,7 +1094,14 @@ Fence agent for VMWare with SOAP API v4.1+.
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Summary: Fence agent for WTI Network power switches
-Requires: telnet openssh-clients
+Requires: openssh-clients
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 33 || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 9) || 0%{?suse_version}
+%if (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8) || (0%{?centos} && 0%{?centos} < 8)
+Requires: telnet
+%else
+Recommends: telnet
+%endif
+%endif
 Requires: fence-agents-common >= %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -1050,15 +1128,17 @@ Fence agent for IBM z/VM over IP.
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 29 2020 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-53.1
+- all agents: make telnet a weak dependency
+  Resolves: rhbz#1883420
+
 * Fri Aug  7 2020 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-53
 - fence_evacuate: enable evacuation of instances using private flavors
-
   Resolves: rhbz#1859932
 
 * Tue Jul 28 2020 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-52
 - fence_lpar: fix issue with long username, hostname, etc not
   working when the command run by the agent exceeds 80 characters
-
   Resolves: rhbz#1860544
 
 * Thu Jul  2 2020 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-51