diff --git a/.fixtures.yml b/.fixtures.yml
index 967cc7a..b667908 100644
--- a/.fixtures.yml
+++ b/.fixtures.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ fixtures:
     simplib: https://github.com/simp/pupmod-simp-simplib.git
     stdlib: https://github.com/simp/puppetlabs-stdlib.git
     systemd: https://github.com/simp/puppet-systemd.git
-  symlinks:
-    aide: "#{source_dir}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
index 3949416..e9f248c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
           bundle exec rake pkg:compare_latest_tag[,true]
           bundle exec rake pkg:create_tag_changelog
       - name: 'Test-build the Puppet module'
-        run: 'bundle exec pdk build --force'
+        run: 'bundle exec rake pupmod:build'
 
   spec-tests:
     name: 'Puppet Spec'
@@ -95,10 +95,20 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         puppet:
-          - label: 'Puppet 8.x'
+          - label: 'OpenVox 8.x (Ruby 3.2)'
             puppet_version: '~> 8.0'
             ruby_version: '3.2'
             experimental: false
+          - label: 'OpenVox 8.x (Ruby 3.4)'
+            puppet_version: '~> 8.0'
+            ruby_version: '3.4'
+            experimental: false
+          # OpenVox 9 is unreleased; preview the future Ruby 4.0 / OpenVox 9
+          # combo by running the OpenVox 8 gem on Ruby 4.0.
+          - label: 'OpenVox 9.x preview (Ruby 4.0, OpenVox 8 gem)'
+            puppet_version: '~> 8.0'
+            ruby_version: '4.0'
+            experimental: false
       fail-fast: false
     env:
       PUPPET_VERSION: ${{matrix.puppet.puppet_version}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml
index 8183e7c..e1b078b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_deploy.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: bundle exec rake pkg:create_tag_changelog
       - run: bundle exec rake metadata_lint
       - name: "Test that Puppet module can build"
-        run: "bundle exec pdk build --force"
+        run: "bundle exec rake pupmod:build"
 
 
   create-github-release:
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: 3.4.9
           bundler-cache: true
-      - name: Build Puppet module (PDK)
-        run: bundle exec pdk build --force
+      - name: Build Puppet module
+        run: bundle exec rake pupmod:build
       - name: Deploy to Puppet Forge (skipped when prerelease)
         run: |
           curl -X POST --silent --show-error --fail \
diff --git a/.puppet-lint.rc b/.puppet-lint.rc
index eb56769..9b6c5b7 100644
--- a/.puppet-lint.rc
+++ b/.puppet-lint.rc
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 # This is here because the code can't handle lookups in parameters and SIMP
 # modules have a LOT of those
 --no-parameter_order-check
+--no-strict_indent-check
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cdf25f3..8581dcf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Thu Jul 09 2026 Steven Pritchard <steve@sicura.us> - 9.0.1
+- Resolved puppet-lint manifest whitespace offenses; disabled the crashing strict_indent check
+
 * Tue Jun 02 2026 Mike Riddle <mike@sicura.us> - 9.0.0
 - BREAKING: A bare `include aide` now installs the `aide` package only. It no
   longer overwrites `/etc/aide.conf`, writes default rules, creates the
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c56e248..2b94e90 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,40 +6,33 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 gem_sources = ENV.fetch('GEM_SERVERS', 'https://rubygems.org').split(%r{[, ]+})
 
-ENV['PDK_DISABLE_ANALYTICS'] ||= 'true'
-
 gem_sources.each { |gem_source| source gem_source }
 
 group :syntax do
   gem 'metadata-json-lint'
   gem 'puppet-lint-trailing_comma-check', require: false
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.88.0'
+  # rubocop, rubocop-rake, and rubocop-rspec are pulled in and version-pinned by
+  # voxpupuli-test (via simp-rake-helpers); pinning them here conflicts with its
+  # constraints. rubocop-performance is not a voxpupuli-test dependency, so it
+  # stays explicit.
   gem 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.26.0'
-  gem 'rubocop-rake', '~> 0.7.0'
-  gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 3.10.0'
 end
 
 group :test do
   puppet_version = ENV.fetch('PUPPET_VERSION', ['>= 8', '< 9'])
   openvox_version = ENV.fetch('OPENVOX_VERSION', puppet_version)
-  major_puppet_version = Array(puppet_version).first.scan(%r{(\d+)(?:\.|\Z)}).flatten.first.to_i
   gem 'hiera-puppet-helper'
-  # renovate: datasource=rubygems versioning=ruby
-  gem('pdk', ENV.fetch('PDK_VERSION', ['>= 2.0', '< 4.0']), require: false) if major_puppet_version > 5
-  # Temporarily include both openvox and puppet gems until the puppet dependency is removed from other gems
-  ['openvox', 'puppet'].each do |gem_name|
-    gem gem_name, binding.local_variable_get("#{gem_name}_version".to_sym)
-  end
-  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', '~> 8.0.0'
-  gem 'puppet-strings'
+  gem 'openvox', openvox_version
+  gem 'openvox-strings'
   gem 'rake'
   gem 'rspec'
   gem 'rspec-puppet'
   # renovate: datasource=rubygems versioning=ruby
-  gem 'simp-rake-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_RAKE_HELPERS_VERSION', '~> 5.24.0')
+  gem 'simp-rake-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_RAKE_HELPERS_VERSION', '~> 6.0')
   # renovate: datasource=rubygems versioning=ruby
   gem 'simp-rspec-puppet-facts', ENV.fetch('SIMP_RSPEC_PUPPET_FACTS_VERSION', '~> 4.0.0')
   gem 'syslog', require: false
+  gem 'observer', require: false
 end
 
 group :development do
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ group :system_tests do
   gem 'beaker'
   gem 'beaker-rspec'
   # renovate: datasource=rubygems versioning=ruby
-  gem 'simp-beaker-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_BEAKER_HELPERS_VERSION', '~> 2.0.0')
+  gem 'simp-beaker-helpers', ENV.fetch('SIMP_BEAKER_HELPERS_VERSION', '~> 3.1')
 end
 
 # Evaluate extra gemfiles if they exist
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index b3ed91e..cdf682a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 require 'simp/rake/pupmod/helpers'
-require 'puppet-strings/tasks'
+require 'openvox-strings/tasks'
 
 Simp::Rake::Pupmod::Helpers.new(File.dirname(__FILE__))
diff --git a/manifests/logrotate.pp b/manifests/logrotate.pp
index bece34e..2faa7f4 100644
--- a/manifests/logrotate.pp
+++ b/manifests/logrotate.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   simplib::assert_optional_dependency($module_name, 'simp/logrotate')
 
   logrotate::rule { 'aide':
-    log_files                 => [ "${logdir}/*.log" ],
+    log_files                 => ["${logdir}/*.log"],
     missingok                 => true,
     rotate_period             => $rotate_period,
     rotate                    => $rotate_number,
diff --git a/manifests/rule.pp b/manifests/rule.pp
index f68397d..071679a 100644
--- a/manifests/rule.pp
+++ b/manifests/rule.pp
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
   include 'aide'
 
   ensure_resource('file', $ruledir, {
-      'ensure'  => 'directory',
-      'owner'   => 'root',
-      'group'   => 'root',
-      'mode'    => '0700',
-      'require' => Package['aide'],
+    'ensure'  => 'directory',
+    'owner'   => 'root',
+    'group'   => 'root',
+    'mode'    => '0700',
+    'require' => Package['aide'],
   })
 
   file { "${ruledir}/${name}_simp.conf":
diff --git a/manifests/set_schedule.pp b/manifests/set_schedule.pp
index 830d970..d22b94d 100644
--- a/manifests/set_schedule.pp
+++ b/manifests/set_schedule.pp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         "set entry[. = '${command}'][user = 'root']/time/month '${month}",
         "set entry[. = '${command}'][user = 'root']/time/dayofweek '${weekday}"
       ],
-      onlyif  =>  "match entry[. =~ ${_regex}][user = 'root'] size == 1"
+      onlyif  => "match entry[. =~ ${_regex}][user = 'root'] size == 1"
     }
 
     # If it does not exist, create it
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         "set entry[last()]/time/dayofweek '${weekday}'",
         'set entry[last()]/user "root"'
       ],
-      onlyif  =>  "match entry[. =~ ${_regex}][user = 'root'] size == 0"
+      onlyif  => "match entry[. =~ ${_regex}][user = 'root'] size == 0"
     }
 
     # If more than one exists, remove all of them and recreate it correctly
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         "set entry[last()]/time/dayofweek '${weekday}'",
         'set entry[last()]/user "root"'
       ],
-      onlyif  =>  "match entry[. =~ ${_regex}][user = 'root'] size > 1"
+      onlyif  => "match entry[. =~ ${_regex}][user = 'root'] size > 1"
     }
   }
   else {
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 340c1bc..69a5499 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "simp-aide",
-  "version": "9.0.0",
+  "version": "9.0.1",
   "author": "SIMP Team",
   "summary": "manages AIDE",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 63033cd..e872e8a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # The next baseline sync will overwrite any local changes made to this file.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'
+require 'voxpupuli/test/spec_helper'
 require 'rspec-puppet'
 require 'simp/rspec-puppet-facts'
 include Simp::RspecPuppetFacts