diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
index e5747566df..c7922a7a86 100755
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -199,17 +199,20 @@ set(CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
 set(CPACK_RPM_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
 
 # Add dependencies
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6, python3, libdrm-amdgpu-dev | libdrm-dev")
+# no rocm-core
+# python doesn't need to be asan
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6, python3")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}")
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "python3, libdrm-amdgpu-dev | libdrm-dev")
-set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES}")
 # Only add dependency on rocm-core if -DROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE=ON is given
 if(ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE)
-    string(APPEND CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ", rocm-core")
-    string(APPEND CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ", rocm-core-asan")
-    string(APPEND CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ", rocm-core")
-    string(APPEND CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ", rocm-core-asan")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}, rocm-core")
+    # rocm-core needs to be asan
+    # override original variable because CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS changed
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}-asan")
 endif()
+# carefully reuse DEB's "DEPENDS" for RPM's "REQUIRES"
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "python3")
+set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES}")
 
 #Component Specific Configuration/Flags
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_NAME ${ROCM_SMI_PACKAGE})
@@ -314,8 +317,8 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE})
 else()
    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE "local")
 endif()
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "sudo")
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "sudo")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "sudo, libdrm-dev, libdrm-amdgpu-dev")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "sudo, libdrm-dev, libdrm-amdgpu-dev")
 
 ## Process the Debian install/remove scripts to update the CPACK variables
 configure_file(