diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp.inc b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp.inc
index 98225cffea..c8fc98f63a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp.inc
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=4cc91856b08b094b4f406a29dc61db21"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/CodeConstruct/mctp;branch=main;protocol=https;tag=v${PV}"
-SRCREV = "07c7a5d526f686da89bc9ae9cad917e46652b272"
+SRCREV = "31ac0e86b0e23d32abf34d191653a87a47f3c9a7"
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig
 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.6.bb
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.5.bb
rename to meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.6.bb
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctpd_2.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctpd_2.6.bb
similarity index 89%
rename from meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctpd_2.5.bb
rename to meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctpd_2.6.bb
index f049be646b..f4c5bb976c 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctpd_2.5.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctpd_2.6.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require mctp.inc
 
 SUMMARY = "Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) control protocol daemon"
 
-inherit systemd
+inherit systemd useradd
 
 do_install:append () {
     install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ do_install:append () {
 
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "mctpd.service mctp.target mctp-local.target"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "-r -U -s /bin/false mctpd"
+
 DEPENDS += "systemd"
 
 # Meson adds mctp utility binaries to FILES and do_install(), which cannot be