diff --git a/src/oci/base_client.py b/src/oci/base_client.py
index 1b7b449844..d4c978f699 100644
--- a/src/oci/base_client.py
+++ b/src/oci/base_client.py
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ def init_poolmanager(self, connections, maxsize, block=requests.adapters.DEFAULT
             num_pools=connections,
             maxsize=maxsize,
             block=block,
-            strict=True,
             **pool_kwargs
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_base_client.py b/tests/unit/test_base_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..210f3c86d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_base_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+# Copyright (c) 2016, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
+# This software is dual-licensed to you under the Universal Permissive License (UPL) 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl or Apache License 2.0 as shown at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. You may choose either license.
+
+import warnings
+
+from oci.base_client import OCIHTTPAdapter
+
+
+def test_oci_http_adapter_does_not_emit_urllib3_strict_future_warning():
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as caught_warnings:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always", FutureWarning)
+
+        adapter = OCIHTTPAdapter()
+        adapter.poolmanager.connection_from_url("https://objectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com")
+
+    strict_future_warnings = [
+        warning for warning in caught_warnings
+        if issubclass(warning.category, FutureWarning) and
+        "'strict' parameter is no longer needed" in str(warning.message)
+    ]
+
+    assert strict_future_warnings == []