diff --git a/molecule/requirements.txt b/molecule/requirements.txt
index 49a0d1d..aeb4641 100644
--- a/molecule/requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible==2.9.20
+ansible==7.1.0
 molecule==2.22
 docker-py==1.10.6
 IMAPClient==2.2.0