diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/conftest.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16f7b25ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import logging
+
+import pytest
+
+_VALIDATION_SIGNALS_LOGGER = 'ansible_base.lib.utils.validation_signals'
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def capture_validation_signal_logs_for_bypass_tests(request, caplog):
+    """DAB caplog pattern (pytest + xdist); only for bypass observability tests."""
+    if request.module.__name__ != 'awx.main.tests.unit.utils.test_validation_bypass_observability':
+        return
+    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
+    caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING, logger=_VALIDATION_SIGNALS_LOGGER)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py
index 5510d3ab4d..f431d0adea 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/utils/test_validation_bypass_observability.py
@@ -80,13 +80,21 @@ def test_audit_bulk_model_instances_logs_host_description_on_bulk_create(caplog)
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('capture_validation_signal_logs')
 def test_audit_workflow_job_nodes_skips_when_serializer_already_logged(caplog):
-    from ansible_base.lib.utils.validation_signals import register_serializer_validation_rejection
+    from ansible_base.lib.utils.validation_signals import (
+        get_validation_context_token,
+        register_serializer_validation_rejection,
+        reset_validation_context,
+    )
 
     wfj = WorkflowJob.objects.create(name='wf-audit-limit-dedupe')
     node = WorkflowJobNode(workflow_job=wfj, identifier='wf-node-1')
     node.limit = '<script>x</script>'
     register_serializer_validation_rejection('main.WorkflowJobNode', 'limit')
-    audit_workflow_job_nodes_for_bulk_create([node])
+    token = get_validation_context_token()
+    try:
+        audit_workflow_job_nodes_for_bulk_create([node])
+    finally:
+        reset_validation_context(token)
     assert 'ORM bypass' not in caplog.text
 
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_git.txt b/requirements/requirements_git.txt
index 4e5e1a54c1..cf1d077c16 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_git.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_git.txt
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ certifi @ git+https://github.com/ansible/system-certifi.git@devel
 ansible-runner @ git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner.git@devel
 awx-plugins-core[credentials-github-app] @ git+https://github.com/ansible/awx-plugins.git@devel
 # AAP-86051: bulk_validation_audit + validation bypass observability (django-ansible-base#1147); revert to @devel after merge
-django-ansible-base[feature-flags,jwt-consumer,rbac,resource-registry,rest-filters] @ git+https://github.com/vidyanambiar/django-ansible-base@282fb8e13c97656847a5879ac050108d3ba2b35a
+django-ansible-base[feature-flags,jwt-consumer,rbac,resource-registry,rest-filters] @ git+https://github.com/vidyanambiar/django-ansible-base@d2cdd4fb3ff1ac9530f3bee81224a47f08225751
 awx-plugins-interfaces @ git+https://github.com/ansible/awx_plugins.interfaces.git