diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5258b91..0970813 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.4.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.5.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-doc"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ files = [
 markers = {lint = "platform_system != \"Windows\""}
 
 [package.dependencies]
-ansible-core = ">=2.16.19,<2.17.dev0 || >=2.18.dev0"
+ansible-core = ">=2.16.19,<2.17 || >=2.18.dev0"
 jsonschema = ">=4.6.0"
 packaging = ">=22.0"
 pyyaml = ">=6.0.1"
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 ansible-compat = ">=26.3.0"
-ansible-core = ">=2.16.19,<2.17.dev0 || >=2.18.dev0"
+ansible-core = ">=2.16.19,<2.17 || >=2.18.dev0"
 black = ">=24.3.0"
 cffi = ">=1.15.1"
 cryptography = ">=37"
@@ -1546,19 +1546,19 @@ mkdocs = ">=1.4.1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "molecule"
-version = "26.8.0"
+version = "26.9.0"
 description = "Molecule aids in the development and testing of Ansible roles"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
 groups = ["test"]
 files = [
-    {file = "molecule-26.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:69a2a07dad27d362b9209024c9d3f0daac29da6637945fec5098deea448e3b52"},
-    {file = "molecule-26.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:506a0a0416683f4e404a42ce8c56a980cd93b7c802258222c1a9736b0f4ec37c"},
+    {file = "molecule-26.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ad8f468c01f35a27cd12858e24c86ad27344dc1076845f03d78fdb563fb69f82"},
+    {file = "molecule-26.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1c44254eb173d0a3a48217b874d19bfa436614fb0c6faa75d9b192a843360188"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 ansible-compat = ">=25.1.4"
-ansible-core = ">=2.15.0,<2.17.dev0 || >=2.18.dev0"
+ansible-core = ">=2.15.0,<2.17 || >=2.18.dev0"
 click = ">=8.0,<9"
 enrich = ">=1.2.7"
 jinja2 = ">=2.11.3"
@@ -2957,4 +2957,4 @@ dev = ["doc8", "flake8", "flake8-import-order", "rstcheck[sphinx]", "ruff", "sph
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "<3.15,>=3.14"
-content-hash = "b3264c015555be4d98b927d302ce025054f7e637915cb78fce68a2c90767e20d"
+content-hash = "269bb41f50206f2e1d8845e9be45a3e9601560b3ad0d235613fed9a312bb6726"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c4cc10..c6e78f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ invoke = "^3.0.3"
 bump2version = "^1.0.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
-molecule = "^26.8.0"
+molecule = "^26.9.0"
 molecule-plugins = {extras = ["docker"], version = "^26.7.15"}
 
 [tool.poetry.group.lint.dependencies]