diff --git a/.github/workflows/irods-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/irods-integration.yml
index 2a959c9..1bb0541 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/irods-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/irods-integration.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           - 3.8
         ansible:
           - 2.9
+          - 8.7.0
           - 9.6.0
         exclude:
           - ansible: 2.9
@@ -39,11 +40,19 @@ jobs:
             python: 3.9
           - ansible: 9.6.0
             python: 3.8
+          - ansible: 9.6.0
+            python: 3.9
+          - ansible: 8.7.0
+            python: 3.8
+          - ansible: 8.7.0
+            python: 3.11
+          - ansible: 8.7.0
+            python: 3.12
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - run: pip install -U ansible==${{ matrix.ansible }}
       - run: pip install -r ${{ env.REQUIREMENTS_FILE }}
       - run: ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
diff --git a/molecule/requirements.txt b/molecule/requirements.txt
index 0f906b3..20a4c6b 100644
--- a/molecule/requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ibridges~=0.1
-molecule~=24.2
+molecule
 molecule-plugins
 jmespath~=1.0
 requests~=2.31.0 # https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule-plugins/issues/256