diff --git a/changelog/69728.fixed.md b/changelog/69728.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca9a2e1b7240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/69728.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed the Rocky Linux 9 integration tcp/zeromq CI jobs failing most PR runs: the startup_states and salt_call ownership test fixtures left their extra minions' accepted keys on the shared session master after stopping the minions, so later netapi tests targeting ``*`` matched dead minions (wrong minion lists and 30 second timeouts). The fixtures now delete their minion keys at teardown.
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/cli/test_salt_call_ownership.py b/tests/pytests/integration/cli/test_salt_call_ownership.py
index 175931da6079..8fe529328b80 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/cli/test_salt_call_ownership.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/cli/test_salt_call_ownership.py
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ def non_root_minion(salt_master, salt_factories):
     )
     with factory.started():
         yield factory
+    # The minion process is stopped at this point, but its accepted key stays
+    # on the shared session master, where later tests that target '*' (the
+    # netapi integration tests) would match it as a dead minion. Remove it.
+    salt_master.salt_key_cli().run("-d", factory.id, "-y")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("sudo") is None, reason="sudo is not available")
diff --git a/tests/pytests/integration/minion/test_startup_states.py b/tests/pytests/integration/minion/test_startup_states.py
index d8b891b35c42..f76760b0ba21 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/integration/minion/test_startup_states.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/integration/minion/test_startup_states.py
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ def salt_minion_startup_states_empty_string(salt_master, salt_minion_id):
     )
     with factory.started():
         yield factory
+    # The minion process is stopped at this point, but its accepted key stays
+    # on the shared session master, where later tests that target '*' (the
+    # netapi integration tests) would match it as a dead minion. Remove it.
+    salt_master.salt_key_cli().run("-d", factory.id, "-y")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ def salt_minion_startup_states_highstate(salt_master, salt_minion_id):
     )
     with factory.started():
         yield factory
+    # The minion process is stopped at this point, but its accepted key stays
+    # on the shared session master, where later tests that target '*' (the
+    # netapi integration tests) would match it as a dead minion. Remove it.
+    salt_master.salt_key_cli().run("-d", factory.id, "-y")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -58,6 +66,10 @@ def salt_minion_startup_states_sls(salt_master, salt_minion_id):
     )
     with factory.started():
         yield factory
+    # The minion process is stopped at this point, but its accepted key stays
+    # on the shared session master, where later tests that target '*' (the
+    # netapi integration tests) would match it as a dead minion. Remove it.
+    salt_master.salt_key_cli().run("-d", factory.id, "-y")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -73,6 +85,10 @@ def salt_minion_startup_states_top(salt_master, salt_minion_id):
     )
     with factory.started():
         yield factory
+    # The minion process is stopped at this point, but its accepted key stays
+    # on the shared session master, where later tests that target '*' (the
+    # netapi integration tests) would match it as a dead minion. Remove it.
+    salt_master.salt_key_cli().run("-d", factory.id, "-y")
 
 
 def test_startup_states_empty_string(