diff --git a/contrib/terraform/openstack/.gitignore b/contrib/terraform/openstack/.gitignore
index 55d775bf0..7e4921aa2 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/openstack/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/terraform/openstack/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .terraform
 *.tfvars
-!sample-inventory\/cluster.tfvars
+!sample-inventory/cluster.tfvars
 *.tfstate
 *.tfstate.backup
diff --git a/docs/ansible.md b/docs/ansible.md
index 9a3110b3a..63cc1d768 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.md
+++ b/docs/ansible.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Based on the table below and the available python version for your ansible host
 
 | Ansible Version | Python Version |
 |-----------------|----------------|
-| 2.14            | 3.9-3.11       |
+| >= 2.15.5       | 3.9-3.11       |
 
 ## Inventory
 
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index be99ccf4b..0b870b698 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: '>=2.14.0'
+requires_ansible: '>=2.15.5'
diff --git a/playbooks/ansible_version.yml b/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
index 840749af5..f6cebdff7 100644
--- a/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
+++ b/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   gather_facts: false
   become: no
   vars:
-    minimal_ansible_version: 2.14.0
-    maximal_ansible_version: 2.15.0
+    minimal_ansible_version: 2.15.5  # 2.15 versions before 2.15.5 are known to be buggy for kubespray
+    maximal_ansible_version: 2.17.0
     ansible_connection: local
   tags: always
   tasks:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2420014f8..47a76fcfe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-ansible==7.6.0
-cryptography==41.0.1
+ansible==8.5.0
+cryptography==41.0.4
 jinja2==3.1.2
 jmespath==1.0.1
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
-netaddr==0.8.0
+netaddr==0.9.0
 pbr==5.11.1
-ruamel.yaml==0.17.31
-ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.7
+ruamel.yaml==0.17.35
+ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.8
diff --git a/roles/adduser/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/adduser/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e8649d14..000000000
--- a/roles/adduser/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import testinfra.utils.ansible_runner
-import yaml
-from ansible.cli.playbook import PlaybookCLI
-from ansible.playbook import Playbook
-
-testinfra_hosts = testinfra.utils.ansible_runner.AnsibleRunner(
-    os.environ["MOLECULE_INVENTORY_FILE"]
-).get_hosts("all")
-
-
-def read_playbook(playbook):
-    cli_args = [os.path.realpath(playbook), testinfra_hosts]
-    cli = PlaybookCLI(cli_args)
-    cli.parse()
-    loader, inventory, variable_manager = cli._play_prereqs()
-
-    pb = Playbook.load(cli.args[0], variable_manager, loader)
-
-    for play in pb.get_plays():
-        yield variable_manager.get_vars(play)
-
-
-def get_playbook():
-    playbooks_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-    with open(os.path.join(playbooks_path, "molecule.yml"), "r") as yamlfile:
-        data = yaml.load(yamlfile, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-        if "playbooks" in data["provisioner"].keys():
-            if "converge" in data["provisioner"]["playbooks"].keys():
-                return data["provisioner"]["playbooks"]["converge"]
-        else:
-            return os.path.join(playbooks_path, "converge.yml")
-
-
-def test_user(host):
-    for vars in read_playbook(get_playbook()):
-        assert host.user(vars["user"]["name"]).exists
-        if "group" in vars["user"].keys():
-            assert host.group(vars["user"]["group"]).exists
-        else:
-            assert host.group(vars["user"]["name"]).exists
diff --git a/roles/bastion-ssh-config/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/bastion-ssh-config/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cce719de1..000000000
--- a/roles/bastion-ssh-config/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import testinfra.utils.ansible_runner
-import yaml
-from ansible.cli.playbook import PlaybookCLI
-from ansible.playbook import Playbook
-
-testinfra_hosts = testinfra.utils.ansible_runner.AnsibleRunner(
-    os.environ["MOLECULE_INVENTORY_FILE"]
-).get_hosts("all")
-
-
-def read_playbook(playbook):
-    cli_args = [os.path.realpath(playbook), testinfra_hosts]
-    cli = PlaybookCLI(cli_args)
-    cli.parse()
-    loader, inventory, variable_manager = cli._play_prereqs()
-
-    pb = Playbook.load(cli.args[0], variable_manager, loader)
-
-    for play in pb.get_plays():
-        yield variable_manager.get_vars(play)
-
-
-def get_playbook():
-    playbooks_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-    with open(os.path.join(playbooks_path, "molecule.yml"), "r") as yamlfile:
-        data = yaml.load(yamlfile, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-        if "playbooks" in data["provisioner"].keys():
-            if "converge" in data["provisioner"]["playbooks"].keys():
-                return data["provisioner"]["playbooks"]["converge"]
-        else:
-            return os.path.join(playbooks_path, "converge.yml")
-
-
-def test_ssh_config(host):
-    for vars in read_playbook(get_playbook()):
-        assert host.file(vars["ssh_bastion_confing__name"]).exists
-        assert host.file(vars["ssh_bastion_confing__name"]).is_file
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 19474ab09..51bc76efb 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 -r ../requirements.txt
-ansible-lint==6.16.2
-apache-libcloud==3.7.0
-ara[server]==1.6.1
+ansible-lint==6.20.3
+apache-libcloud==3.8.0
+ara[server]==1.7.0
 dopy==0.3.7
-molecule==5.0.1
-molecule-plugins[vagrant]==23.4.1
+molecule==6.0.2
+molecule-plugins[vagrant]==23.5.0
 python-vagrant==1.0.0
-pytest-testinfra==8.1.0
-tox==4.5.2
+pytest-testinfra==9.0.0
+tox==4.11.3
 yamllint==1.32.0
+tzdata==2023.3