diff --git a/tests/inst/Cargo.toml b/tests/inst/Cargo.toml
index 65252330..99ab4e8e 100644
--- a/tests/inst/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/inst/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ openat = "0.1.19"
 openat-ext = "0.1.4"
 nix = "0.17.0"
 # See discussion in https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/pull/2569#issuecomment-780569188
-# Currently pinned to a hash, but after the next stable release let's switch to tags
-rpmostree-client = { git = "https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree", rev = "170095bd60ec8802afeea42d120fb2e88298648f" }
+rpmostree-client = { git = "https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree", tag = "v2021.3" }
 
 # This one I might publish to crates.io, not sure yet
 with-procspawn-tempdir = { git = "https://github.com/cgwalters/with-procspawn-tempdir" }
diff --git a/tests/inst/src/destructive.rs b/tests/inst/src/destructive.rs
index 26dba6b2..562e1aed 100644
--- a/tests/inst/src/destructive.rs
+++ b/tests/inst/src/destructive.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ impl CommitStates {
     }
 }
 
+fn query_status() -> Result<rpmostree_client::Status> {
+    let client = rpmostree_client::CliClient::new("ostreetest");
+    rpmostree_client::query_status(&client).map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)
+}
+
 /// In the case where we've entered via a reboot, this function
 /// checks the state of things, and also generates a new update
 /// if everything was successful.
@@ -255,7 +260,7 @@ fn parse_and_validate_reboot_mark<M: AsRef<str>>(
     let mut mark: RebootMark = serde_json::from_str(markstr)
         .with_context(|| format!("Failed to parse reboot mark {:?}", markstr))?;
     // The first failed reboot may be into the original booted commit
-    let status = rpmostree_client::query_status().map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
+    let status = query_status()?;
     let firstdeploy = &status.deployments[0];
     // The first deployment should not be staged
     assert!(!firstdeploy.staged.unwrap_or(false));
@@ -315,7 +320,7 @@ fn validate_pending_commit(pending_commit: &str, commitstates: &CommitStates) ->
 
 /// In the case where we did a kill -9 of rpm-ostree, check the state
 fn validate_live_interrupted_upgrade(commitstates: &CommitStates) -> Result<UpdateResult> {
-    let status = rpmostree_client::query_status().map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
+    let status = query_status()?;
     let firstdeploy = &status.deployments[0];
     let pending_commit = firstdeploy.checksum.as_str();
     let res = if firstdeploy.staged.unwrap_or(false) {
@@ -484,7 +489,7 @@ fn impl_transaction_test<M: AsRef<str>>(
             } else {
                 live_strategy = Some(strategy);
             }
-            let status = rpmostree_client::query_status().map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
+            let status = query_status()?;
             let firstdeploy = &status.deployments[0];
             let pending_commit = firstdeploy.checksum.as_str();
             validate_pending_commit(pending_commit, &commitstates)