diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-p4tools.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-p4tools.yml
index de2fe523c5d..7f5c6d9e064 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-p4tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-p4tools.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build (Ubuntu 22.04)
         run: |
           tools/ci-build.sh
+	  pip3 list --verbose
 
       - name: Run tests (Ubuntu 22.04)
         # Need to use sudo for the eBPF kernel tests.
-        run: sudo -E ctest -R "testgen|smith" --output-on-failure --schedule-random
+        run: sudo -E PTF_PACKET_MANIPULATION_MODULE="bf_pktpy.ptf.packet_pktpy" ctest -R "testgen|smith" --output-on-failure --schedule-random
         working-directory: ./build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-ptf.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-ptf.yml
index 3304f705ae4..ca13c2cb6ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-ptf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-ptf.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build (Ubuntu 20.04)
         run: |
           tools/ci-build.sh
+	  pip3 list --verbose
 
       - name: Run PTF tests for eBPF backend (Ubuntu 20.04)
         run: sudo -E ./test.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-debian.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-debian.yml
index 8645a72bd8e..773b0c77775 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-debian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-debian.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build (Ubuntu 22.04, GCC)
         run: |
           tools/ci-build.sh
+	  pip3 list --verbose
 
       - name: Run tests (Ubuntu 22.04)
         # Need to use sudo for the eBPF kernel tests and need to avoid p4tc_stf tests.
-        run: sudo -E ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "p4tc_samples_stf|p4tc_cleanup|p4tc_setup"
+        run: sudo -E PTF_PACKET_MANIPULATION_MODULE="bf_pktpy.ptf.packet_pktpy" ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "p4tc_samples_stf|p4tc_cleanup|p4tc_setup"
         working-directory: ./build
         if: matrix.unity == 'ON' && matrix.gtest == 'ON'
 
@@ -90,5 +91,5 @@ jobs:
           tools/ci-build.sh
 
       - name: Run tests (Ubuntu 22.04)
-        run: ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -R tofino
+        run: PTF_PACKET_MANIPULATION_MODULE="bf_pktpy.ptf.packet_pktpy" ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -R tofino
         working-directory: ./build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-fedora.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-fedora.yml
index 3ba995b08f3..e1f0c04222e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-fedora.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-fedora.yml
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./bootstrap.sh -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON --build-generator "Ninja"
           cmake --build build -- -j $(nproc)
+	  pip3 list --verbose
 
       - name: Run p4c tests (Fedora Linux)
         run: |
           # Avoid running p4tc stf tests for now
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "p4tc_samples_stf|p4tc_cleanup|p4tc_setup"
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; export PTF_PACKET_MANIPULATION_MODULE="bf_pktpy.ptf.packet_pktpy"; ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "p4tc_samples_stf|p4tc_cleanup|p4tc_setup"
         working-directory: ./build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-mac.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-mac.yml
index 5cbe13fd110..7dca88d0463 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-mac.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-mac.yml
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ jobs:
           ./bootstrap.sh -DENABLE_GC=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
               -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DENABLE_TEST_TOOLS=ON -DENABLE_WERROR=ON --build-generator "Ninja"
           cmake --build build -- -j $(nproc)
+	  pip3 list --verbose
 
       - name: Run tests (MacOS)
         run: |
           source ~/.bash_profile
-          ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "bpf|ubpf|testgen|smith|p4tc"
+          PTF_PACKET_MANIPULATION_MODULE="bf_pktpy.ptf.packet_pktpy" ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "bpf|ubpf|testgen|smith|p4tc"
         working-directory: ./build
 
   # Build and test p4c on MacOS 13 on x86.
@@ -105,5 +106,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests (MacOS)
         run: |
           source ~/.bash_profile
-          ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "bpf|ubpf|testgen|smith|p4tc"
+          PTF_PACKET_MANIPULATION_MODULE="bf_pktpy.ptf.packet_pktpy" ctest --output-on-failure --schedule-random -E "bpf|ubpf|testgen|smith|p4tc"
         working-directory: ./build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-ubuntu-p4tc-stf.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-ubuntu-p4tc-stf.yml
index 62b7c6a3093..f691690f850 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-ubuntu-p4tc-stf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-ubuntu-p4tc-stf.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build (Ubuntu 22.04, GCC)
         run: |
           tools/ci-build.sh
+	  pip3 list --verbose
 
       - name: Run tests (Ubuntu 22.04)
         # Need to use sudo for the eBPF kernel tests.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb89acdf83a..6e1de20d938 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -284,10 +284,6 @@ find_python_module (re REQUIRED)
 # other packages
 find_package (Doxygen)
 find_package (BMV2)
-# If we have found simple switch or psa switch or pna_nic, we also need scapy.
-if(SIMPLE_SWITCH OR PSA_SWITCH OR PNA_NIC)
-    find_python_module (scapy REQUIRED)
-endif()
 # enable CTest
 enable_testing ()
 
diff --git a/backends/bmv2/README.md b/backends/bmv2/README.md
index 5a0e0322013..57e963b4f80 100644
--- a/backends/bmv2/README.md
+++ b/backends/bmv2/README.md
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ To run and test this back-end you need some additional tools:
 - the BMv2 behavioral model itself.  Installation instructions are available [here](https://github.com/p4lang/behavioral-model#installing-bmv2).  You may need to update your
   dynamic libraries after installing bmv2: `sudo ldconfig`
 
-- the Python scapy library `sudo pip3 install scapy`
-
 # Unsupported P4_16 language features
 
 Here are some unsupported features we are aware of. We will update this list as
diff --git a/backends/ebpf/README.md b/backends/ebpf/README.md
index 0ee14ed370a..fd07051dfdc 100644
--- a/backends/ebpf/README.md
+++ b/backends/ebpf/README.md
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ Additionally, the eBPF compiler test suite has the following python dependencies
 
 - The python ply package to parse .stf testing files.
 
-- The python scapy package to read and write pcap files.
+- The python scapy package, to easily construct test packets with
+  selected sequences of headers.
 
 You can install these using:
 ```
diff --git a/backends/ebpf/tests/test.sh b/backends/ebpf/tests/test.sh
index 5395639fc02..217a0395fda 100755
--- a/backends/ebpf/tests/test.sh
+++ b/backends/ebpf/tests/test.sh
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ for xdp_enabled in "${XDP[@]}" ; do
     TEST_PARAMS+=";xdp='$xdp_enabled';xdp2tc='$xdp2tc_mode'"
     # Start tests
     ptf \
+      --packet-manipulation-module ptf.packet_scapy \
       --test-dir ptf/ \
       --test-params="$TEST_PARAMS" \
       --interface 0@s1-eth0 --interface 1@s1-eth1 --interface 2@s1-eth2 --interface 3@s1-eth3 \
diff --git a/backends/tc/runtime/send_packet b/backends/tc/runtime/send_packet
index 4cf4f9e8591..179a5335145 100755
--- a/backends/tc/runtime/send_packet
+++ b/backends/tc/runtime/send_packet
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright 2025 Intel Corporation
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-# Reason-GPL: imports-scapy
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 
 import argparse
-from scapy.all import sendp, rdpcap
+import ptf
+from ptf.pcap_writer import rdpcap
+from ptf.packet import sendp
 
 PARSER = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 PARSER.add_argument("pcap_file", help="PCAP file to send")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 21c86cb21cd..4adf8a454d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 pyroute2==0.7.3
 ply==3.11
 # Version 0.10.0
-ptf @ git+https://github.com/p4lang/ptf@d016cdfe99f2d609cc9c7fd7f8c414b56d5b3c5c
+ptf @ git+https://github.com/p4lang/ptf@e29ef7ec0bd34d4ceef88016383e53238ab5383c
 # FIXME: We should figure out a way to synchronize P4Runtime versions across CMake and Python.
 # This is the same commit hash as defined in the top-level CMakelists.txt
 p4runtime @ git+https://github.com/p4lang/p4runtime@ec4eb5ef70dbcbcbf2f8357a4b2b8c2f218845a5#subdirectory=py
-scapy==2.5.0
 clang-format==18.1.0
 isort==5.13.2; python_version > '3.6'
 black==24.3.0; python_version > '3.6'
diff --git a/tools/ci-build.sh b/tools/ci-build.sh
index 0d25df3ba1c..d6773c84cc2 100755
--- a/tools/ci-build.sh
+++ b/tools/ci-build.sh
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ function install_ptf_ebpf_test_deps() (
     make "-j$(nproc)"
     sudo make install
     popd
+    sudo pip3 install scapy==2.5.0
 )
 
 if [[ "${ENABLE_EBPF}" == "ON" ]] ; then
diff --git a/tools/install_fedora_deps.sh b/tools/install_fedora_deps.sh
index b72f7c577a1..9261d5a1506 100755
--- a/tools/install_fedora_deps.sh
+++ b/tools/install_fedora_deps.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ sudo dnf install -y -q \
     pkg-config \
     procps-ng \
     python3 \
+    python3-devel \
     python3-pip \
     python3-thrift \
     readline-devel \