diff --git a/.cargo/audit.toml b/.cargo/audit.toml
index d19582cc46a..88a01daf0f3 100644
--- a/.cargo/audit.toml
+++ b/.cargo/audit.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ ignore = [
     #   the `thread_rng` feature, so the affected functions are not compiled in.
     # See https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0097.html
     "RUSTSEC-2026-0097",
+
+    # `anyhow` is not directly used by any of our crates. It is a transitive
+    # dependency of build-time WASM tooling (wit-bindgen).
+    # See https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0190.html
+    "RUSTSEC-2026-0190",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_hotplug_memory.py b/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_hotplug_memory.py
index d754e11dc69..84b5e09f674 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_hotplug_memory.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/performance/test_hotplug_memory.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 run on an ag=1 host due to the use of HugePages.
 """
 
+import platform
+
 import pytest
 from tenacity import Retrying, retry_if_exception_type, stop_after_delay, wait_fixed
 
@@ -252,6 +254,11 @@ def check_hotunplug(uvm, requested_size_mib):
         assert rss_after < rss_before, "RSS didn't decrease"
 
 
+# TODO: remove this once the hotplug latency on 5.10 hosts is fixed
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    platform.machine() == "x86_64" and global_props.host_linux_version_tpl == (5, 10),
+    reason="GET /hotplug/memory intermittently exceeds the duration threshold on x86_64 5.10 hosts",
+)
 def test_virtio_mem_hotplug_hotunplug(uvm_any_memhp):
     """
     Check that memory can be hotplugged into the VM.
@@ -456,6 +463,11 @@ def timed_memory_hotplug(uvm, size, metrics, metric_prefix, fc_metric_name):
     )
 
 
+# TODO: remove this once the hotplug latency on 5.10 hosts is fixed
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    platform.machine() == "x86_64" and global_props.host_linux_version_tpl == (5, 10),
+    reason="GET /hotplug/memory intermittently exceeds the duration threshold on x86_64 5.10 hosts",
+)
 @pytest.mark.nonci
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "hotplug_size",