diff --git a/.ci_build/requirements.txt b/.ci_build/requirements.txt
index 83572f61..787e5d34 100644
--- a/.ci_build/requirements.txt
+++ b/.ci_build/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ansible==8.7.0
-molecule==4.0.4
+molecule==25.12.0
 molecule-vagrant==2.0.0
 python-vagrant==1.0.0
 ansible-compat<4 # https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule/issues/3903
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