diff --git a/hack/bats b/hack/bats
index 35fc15f726..e416f82d15 100755
--- a/hack/bats
+++ b/hack/bats
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $0 is a wrapper for invoking podman system tests.
                     match that string.
 
    --tag=TAG      Passed on to bats as '--filter-tags TAG'
-                  As of 2023-07-26 the only tag used is 'distro-integration'
+                  As of 2025-09-01 the only tag used is 'ci:parallel'
 
    -t, --tap      Passed on to bats, which will format output in TAP format
 
diff --git a/test/system/001-basic.bats b/test/system/001-basic.bats
index ce5b470f24..33a8155dfd 100644
--- a/test/system/001-basic.bats
+++ b/test/system/001-basic.bats
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ function setup() {
 
 #### DO NOT ADD ANY TESTS HERE! ADD NEW TESTS AT BOTTOM!
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman version emits reasonable output" {
     run_podman version
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ function setup() {
     is "$output" "podman.*version \+"               "'Version line' in output"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman info" {
     # These will be displayed on the test output stream, offering an
     # at-a-glance overview of important system configuration details
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ function setup() {
        "--context=swarm should fail"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman can pull an image" {
     run_podman rmi -a -f
 
diff --git a/test/system/030-run.bats b/test/system/030-run.bats
index 4f2d74183c..35389284ee 100644
--- a/test/system/030-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/030-run.bats
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ load helpers
 load helpers.network
 load helpers.registry
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run - basic tests" {
     rand=$(random_string 30)
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ echo $rand        |   0 | $rand
 }
 
 # #6829 : add username to /etc/passwd inside container if --userns=keep-id
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run : add username to /etc/passwd if --userns=keep-id" {
     skip_if_not_rootless "--userns=keep-id only works in rootless mode"
     # Default: always run as root
@@ -829,7 +829,6 @@ json-file | f
 # podman exec may truncate stdout/stderr; actually a bug in conmon:
 # https://github.com/containers/conmon/issues/236
 # CANNOT BE PARALLELIZED due to "-l"
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman run - does not truncate or hang with big output" {
     # Size, in bytes, to dd and to expect in return
     char_count=700000
@@ -1147,7 +1146,7 @@ EOF
     run_podman rm $output
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run --device-read-bps" {
     skip_if_rootless "cannot use this flag in rootless mode"
 
diff --git a/test/system/032-sig-proxy.bats b/test/system/032-sig-proxy.bats
index d34645c7a2..285703c97e 100644
--- a/test/system/032-sig-proxy.bats
+++ b/test/system/032-sig-proxy.bats
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ load helpers
 load helpers.sig-proxy
 
 # Each of the tests below does some setup, then invokes the helper from helpers.sig-proxy.bash.
-
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman sigproxy test: run" {
     # We're forced to use $PODMAN because run_podman cannot be backgrounded
     $PODMAN run -i --name c_run $IMAGE sh -c "$SLEEPLOOP" &
diff --git a/test/system/035-logs.bats b/test/system/035-logs.bats
index 39de0ef782..4aedd4242d 100644
--- a/test/system/035-logs.bats
+++ b/test/system/035-logs.bats
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ timeout: sending signal TERM to command.*" "logs --since -f on running container
     _log_test_follow_since k8s-file
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman logs - --since --follow journald" {
     # We can't use journald on RHEL as rootless: rhbz#1895105
     skip_if_journald_unavailable
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ $content--2.*" "logs --until -f on running container works"
     _log_test_follow_until k8s-file
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman logs - --until --follow journald" {
     # We can't use journald on RHEL as rootless: rhbz#1895105
     skip_if_journald_unavailable
diff --git a/test/system/060-mount.bats b/test/system/060-mount.bats
index 3d5c09cd02..bdde9b459c 100644
--- a/test/system/060-mount.bats
+++ b/test/system/060-mount.bats
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ EOF
     is "$output" "bar1.*bar2.*bar3" "Should match multiple source files on single destination directory"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration,ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman mount noswap memory mounts" {
     # tmpfs+noswap new in kernel 6.x, mid-2023; likely not in RHEL for a while
     if ! is_rootless; then
diff --git a/test/system/070-build.bats b/test/system/070-build.bats
index 3b0ceac49a..7fcf5c87f3 100644
--- a/test/system/070-build.bats
+++ b/test/system/070-build.bats
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 load helpers
 load helpers.network
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman build - basic test" {
     rand_filename=$(random_string 20)
     rand_content=$(random_string 50)
@@ -318,7 +317,6 @@ EOF
 }
 
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman build - workdir, cmd, env, label" {
     tmpdir=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/build-test
     mkdir -p $tmpdir
diff --git a/test/system/075-exec.bats b/test/system/075-exec.bats
index 61fee46169..6c4bdfa349 100644
--- a/test/system/075-exec.bats
+++ b/test/system/075-exec.bats
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 load helpers
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman exec - basic test" {
     rand_filename=$(random_string 20)
     rand_content=$(random_string 50)
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ load helpers
     run_podman rm $cid
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman exec - leak check" {
     skip_if_remote "test is meaningless over remote"
 
diff --git a/test/system/080-pause.bats b/test/system/080-pause.bats
index 99e2a847f2..7ce8e9b5ce 100644
--- a/test/system/080-pause.bats
+++ b/test/system/080-pause.bats
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 load helpers
 load helpers.systemd
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman pause/unpause" {
     if is_rootless && ! is_cgroupsv2; then
         skip "'podman pause' (rootless) only works with cgroups v2"
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ load helpers.systemd
 }
 
 # CANNOT BE PARALLELIZED! (because of unpause --all)
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman unpause --all" {
     if is_rootless && ! is_cgroupsv2; then
         skip "'podman pause' (rootless) only works with cgroups v2"
diff --git a/test/system/090-events.bats b/test/system/090-events.bats
index 6ad67bbbb5..e617608668 100644
--- a/test/system/090-events.bats
+++ b/test/system/090-events.bats
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 load helpers
 load helpers.network
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "events with a filter by label and --no-trunc option" {
     cname=test-$(safename)
     labelname=labelname-$(safename)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function _events_disjunctive_filters() {
     _events_disjunctive_filters ""
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "events with events_logfile_path in containers.conf" {
     skip_if_remote "remote does not support --events-backend"
     events_file=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/events.log
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function _populate_events_file() {
     done
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "events log-file rotation" {
     skip_if_remote "setting CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE logger options does not affect remote client"
 
diff --git a/test/system/125-import.bats b/test/system/125-import.bats
index 5a49453038..4f7957ab8c 100644
--- a/test/system/125-import.bats
+++ b/test/system/125-import.bats
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ load helpers
 }
 
 # Integration tag to catch future breakage in tar, e.g. #19407
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman export, alter tarball, re-import" {
     # Create a test file following test
     mkdir $PODMAN_TMPDIR/tmp
diff --git a/test/system/130-kill.bats b/test/system/130-kill.bats
index 6912dd15e2..dbb5e6d921 100644
--- a/test/system/130-kill.bats
+++ b/test/system/130-kill.bats
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 load helpers
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman kill - test signal handling in containers" {
     local cname=c-$(safename)
     local fifo=${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/podman-kill-fifo.$(random_string 10)
diff --git a/test/system/160-volumes.bats b/test/system/160-volumes.bats
index 703d5671f5..2c7148a035 100644
--- a/test/system/160-volumes.bats
+++ b/test/system/160-volumes.bats
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ EOF
     is "$output"  "" "no more volumes to prune"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman volume type=bind" {
     myvoldir=${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/volume_$(random_string)
     mkdir $myvoldir
diff --git a/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats b/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats
index 6fcf4dfd00..fb49d21cd2 100644
--- a/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats
+++ b/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #
 # podman volume XFS quota tests
 #
-# bats file_tags=distro-integration
-#
 
 load helpers
 
diff --git a/test/system/170-run-userns.bats b/test/system/170-run-userns.bats
index 26468661d2..c1f59e0e8a 100644
--- a/test/system/170-run-userns.bats
+++ b/test/system/170-run-userns.bats
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #
 # Tests for podman build
 #
-# bats file_tags=distro-integration
-#
 
 load helpers
 
diff --git a/test/system/180-blkio.bats b/test/system/180-blkio.bats
index 6fb532c672..eab0e31e51 100644
--- a/test/system/180-blkio.bats
+++ b/test/system/180-blkio.bats
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #
 # podman blkio-related tests
 #
-# bats file_tags=distro-integration
-#
 
 load helpers
 
diff --git a/test/system/190-run-ipcns.bats b/test/system/190-run-ipcns.bats
index b20871abb3..a764f9a7b4 100644
--- a/test/system/190-run-ipcns.bats
+++ b/test/system/190-run-ipcns.bats
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #
 # Tests for podman build
 #
-# bats file_tags=distro-integration
-#
 
 load helpers
 
diff --git a/test/system/195-run-namespaces.bats b/test/system/195-run-namespaces.bats
index 599ae7eeb3..230669d15b 100644
--- a/test/system/195-run-namespaces.bats
+++ b/test/system/195-run-namespaces.bats
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 load helpers
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman test all namespaces" {
     # format is nsname | option name
     tests="
diff --git a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
index 3b2bbb5be7..85b6e942eb 100644
--- a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
+++ b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ function wait_for_journal() {
     die "Timed out waiting for '$expect_str' in journalctl output"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "quadlet - basic" {
     # Network=none is to work around a Pasta bug, can be removed once a patched Pasta is available.
     # Ref https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/21563#issuecomment-1965145324
diff --git a/test/system/260-sdnotify.bats b/test/system/260-sdnotify.bats
index 175588f504..193e0cd531 100644
--- a/test/system/260-sdnotify.bats
+++ b/test/system/260-sdnotify.bats
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function _assert_mainpid_is_conmon() {
     _stop_socat
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "sdnotify : conmon" {
     export NOTIFY_SOCKET=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/conmon.sock
     _start_socat
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ READY=1" "sdnotify sent MAINPID and READY"
 
 # These tests can fail in dev. environment because of SELinux.
 # quick fix: chcon -t container_runtime_exec_t ./bin/podman
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "sdnotify : container" {
     _prefetch $SYSTEMD_IMAGE
 
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ spec:
 " > $fname
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman kube play - exit-code propagation" {
     fname=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/$(random_string).yaml
 
diff --git a/test/system/280-update.bats b/test/system/280-update.bats
index 0c87332900..1d137562be 100644
--- a/test/system/280-update.bats
+++ b/test/system/280-update.bats
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ function teardown() {
 }
 
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman update - test all options" {
     local cgv=1
     if is_cgroupsv2; then
diff --git a/test/system/410-selinux.bats b/test/system/410-selinux.bats
index a7a87054d4..f360e91446 100644
--- a/test/system/410-selinux.bats
+++ b/test/system/410-selinux.bats
@@ -47,42 +47,42 @@ function check_label() {
 }
 
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: confined container" {
     check_label "" "container_t"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: container with label=disable" {
     check_label "--security-opt label=disable" "spc_t"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: privileged container" {
     check_label "--privileged" "spc_t"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: privileged --userns=host container" {
     check_label "--privileged --userns=host" "spc_t"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: --ipc=host container" {
     check_label "--ipc=host" "spc_t"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: init container" {
     check_label "--systemd=always" "container_init_t"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: init container with --security-opt type" {
     check_label "--systemd=always --security-opt=label=type:spc_t" "spc_t"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: init container with --security-opt level&type" {
     check_label "--systemd=always --security-opt=label=level:s0:c1,c2 --security-opt=label=type:spc_t" "spc_t" "s0:c1,c2"
 }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function check_label() {
     check_label "--systemd=always --security-opt=label=level:s0:c1,c2" "container_init_t"  "s0:c1,c2"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: pid=host" {
     # FIXME this test fails when run rootless with runc:
     #   Error: container_linux.go:367: starting container process caused: process_linux.go:495: container init caused: readonly path /proc/asound: operation not permitted: OCI permission denied
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function check_label() {
 }
 
 # pr #7902 - containers in pods should all run under same context
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman selinux: containers in pods share full context" {
     skip_if_no_selinux
 
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ function check_label() {
     is "$output" "Error.*: $expect" "podman emits useful diagnostic on failure"
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman selinux: check relabel" {
     skip_if_no_selinux
 
diff --git a/test/system/420-cgroups.bats b/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
index 94ad19ebef..d0bfd36b66 100644
--- a/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
+++ b/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ load helpers
     run_podman rm myc
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run --cgroups=disabled keeps the current cgroup" {
     skip_if_remote "podman-remote does not support --cgroups=disabled"
     skip_if_rootless_cgroupsv1
diff --git a/test/system/500-networking.bats b/test/system/500-networking.bats
index 27887b619b..7fc58713ea 100644
--- a/test/system/500-networking.bats
+++ b/test/system/500-networking.bats
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ load helpers.network
 }
 
 # CANNOT BE PARALLELIZED due to iptables/nft commands
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration
 @test "podman network reload" {
     skip_if_remote "podman network reload does not have remote support"
 
@@ -504,7 +503,7 @@ load helpers.network
 }
 
 # Test for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/10052
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman network connect/disconnect with port forwarding" {
     random_1=$(random_string 30)
     HOST_PORT=$(random_free_port)
@@ -778,7 +777,7 @@ nameserver 8.8.8.8" "nameserver order is correct"
     run_podman network rm -f $netname
 }
 
-# bats test_tags=distro-integration, ci:parallel
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run port forward range" {
     # we run a long loop of tests lets run all combinations before bailing out
     defer-assertion-failures