When deploying configuration files from Satellite 5.x its failing with error "unsupported hash type" ?

Issue

# rhncfg-client get /test/file
Using server name satellite.example.com
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rhncfg-client", line 38, in ?
    sys.exit(Main().main() or 0)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_common/rhn_main.py", line 208, in main
    handler.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_client/rhncfgcli_get.py", line 25, in run
    self.options.exclude)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_common/deploy.py", line 42, in deploy_files
    finfo = repository.get_file_info(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_client/rpc_cli_repository.py", line 91, in get_file_info
    temp_file, dirs_created = f.process(result, directory=dest_directory)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_common/file_utils.py", line 84, in process
    if file_struct['checksum'] != utils.getContentChecksum(
  File "/usr/share/rhn/config_common/utils.py", line 180, in getContentChecksum
    engine = hashlib.new(checksum_type)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/hashlib.py", line 87, in __py_new
    return __get_builtin_constructor(name)(string)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/hashlib.py", line 80, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError, "unsupported hash type"
ValueError: unsupported hash type