diff --git a/.github/workflows/molecule-install-xnat.yml b/.github/workflows/molecule-install-xnat.yml
index 9fd0e646..b1dea86b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/molecule-install-xnat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/molecule-install-xnat.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install rsync
           python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python3 -m pip install \
-          ansible \
+          ansible==9.6.0 \
           molecule \
           molecule-plugins[docker] \
           docker \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/molecule-monitoring.yml b/.github/workflows/molecule-monitoring.yml
index c83af6ac..cfbdbd96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/molecule-monitoring.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/molecule-monitoring.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install rsync
           python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python3 -m pip install \
-          ansible \
+          ansible==9.6.0 \
           molecule \
           molecule-plugins[docker] \
           docker \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/molecule-postgresql_upgrade.yml b/.github/workflows/molecule-postgresql_upgrade.yml
index 0b807b50..fa50b947 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/molecule-postgresql_upgrade.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/molecule-postgresql_upgrade.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install rsync
           python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python3 -m pip install \
-          ansible \
+          ansible==9.6.0 \
           molecule \
           molecule-plugins[docker] \
           docker \