diff --git a/xCAT-test/unit/xcat_release_package.t b/xCAT-test/unit/xcat_release_package.t
index 4a818d8a5..a129c5144 100644
--- a/xCAT-test/unit/xcat_release_package.t
+++ b/xCAT-test/unit/xcat_release_package.t
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ my $repo_root = File::Spec->rel2abs(File::Spec->catdir($FindBin::Bin, '..', '..'
 my $spec = read_file('xcat-release/xcat-release.spec');
 like($spec, qr/^Name:\s+xcat-release$/m, 'package has the expected name');
 like($spec, qr/^BuildArch:\s+noarch$/m, 'package is architecture independent');
+like($spec, qr/^Requires:\s+dnf$/m, 'package is limited to DNF-based systems');
 like($spec, qr/^%config\(noreplace\) .*xcat-core\.repo$/m, 'core repo preserves local changes');
 like($spec, qr/^%config\(noreplace\) .*xcat-dep\.repo$/m, 'dependency repo preserves local changes');
 like($spec, qr{RPM-GPG-KEY-xCAT}, 'package installs the signing key');
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ sub assert_repo_security {
     my ($content, $label) = @_;
     like($content, qr/^enabled=1$/m, "$label repo is enabled");
     like($content, qr/^gpgcheck=1$/m, "$label repo verifies packages");
+    like($content, qr/^repo_gpgcheck=1$/m, "$label repo verifies repository metadata");
     like(
         $content,
         qr{^gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-xCAT$}m,
diff --git a/xcat-release/xcat-core.repo b/xcat-release/xcat-core.repo
index 206ea16ef..c6add8aa4 100644
--- a/xcat-release/xcat-core.repo
+++ b/xcat-release/xcat-core.repo
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ name=xCAT Core packages
 baseurl=https://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/yum/latest/xcat-core
 enabled=1
 gpgcheck=1
+repo_gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-xCAT
diff --git a/xcat-release/xcat-dep.repo b/xcat-release/xcat-dep.repo
index 57e426e0d..6da572b2d 100644
--- a/xcat-release/xcat-dep.repo
+++ b/xcat-release/xcat-dep.repo
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ name=xCAT dependencies
 baseurl=https://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/yum/latest/xcat-dep/rh$releasever/$basearch
 enabled=1
 gpgcheck=1
+repo_gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-xCAT
diff --git a/xcat-release/xcat-release.spec b/xcat-release/xcat-release.spec
index 5e549b4b5..2fa676237 100644
--- a/xcat-release/xcat-release.spec
+++ b/xcat-release/xcat-release.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Summary: xCAT repository configuration
+Summary: xCAT DNF repository configuration
 Name: xcat-release
 Version: %{?version:%{version}}%{!?version:%(cat Version)}
 Release: %{?release:%{release}}%{!?release:%(cat Release)}
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ License: EPL
 URL: https://xcat.org/
 Source0: xcat-release-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch: noarch
+Requires: dnf
 
 %description
-Installs the xCAT core and dependency repository definitions and the public
-signing key used to verify their packages.
+Installs the xCAT core and dependency DNF repository definitions and the public
+signing key used to verify their packages and repository metadata.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n xcat-release