diff --git a/execution-environment.yml b/execution-environment.yml
index c0fdd5f..94c0fcd 100644
--- a/execution-environment.yml
+++ b/execution-environment.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 version: 3
 images:
   base_image:
-    name: quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
+    name: quay.io/centos/centos:stream9-minimal
+options:
+  package_manager_path: /usr/bin/microdnf
 dependencies:
+  python_interpreter:
+    package_system: python3.11
+    python_path: /usr/bin/python3.11
   ansible_core:
     # Require minimum of 2.15 to get ansible-inventory --limit option
     package_pip: ansible-core>=2.15.0rc2,<2.16
@@ -28,17 +33,15 @@ dependencies:
       - name: kubevirt.core
   system: |
     git-core [platform:rpm]
-    python3.9-devel [platform:rpm compile]
+    python3.11-devel [platform:rpm compile]
+    python3.11-rpm [platform:rpm epel]
     libcurl-devel [platform:rpm compile]
     krb5-devel [platform:rpm compile]
     krb5-workstation [platform:rpm]
-    subversion [platform:rpm]
-    subversion [platform:dpkg]
     git-lfs [platform:rpm]
     sshpass [platform:rpm]
     rsync [platform:rpm]
     epel-release [platform:rpm]
-    python-unversioned-command [platform:rpm]
     unzip [platform:rpm]
     podman-remote [platform:rpm]
     cmake [platform:rpm compile]
@@ -60,6 +63,11 @@ dependencies:
     pyyaml
     six
     receptorctl
+  exclude:
+    system:
+      - python3
+      - python3-devel
+      - python3-rpm
 additional_build_steps:
   append_base:
     - RUN $PYCMD -m pip install -U pip
@@ -67,3 +75,7 @@ additional_build_steps:
     - COPY --from=quay.io/ansible/receptor:devel /usr/bin/receptor /usr/bin/receptor
     - RUN mkdir -p /var/run/receptor
     - RUN git lfs install --system
+    - >-
+      RUN alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.11 1
+      && alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.11 1
+      && alternatives --install /usr/bin/pip3 pip3 /usr/bin/pip3.11 1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9e5cd1..114059c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder.git@devel#egg=ansible-builder
+git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder.git@devel#egg=ansible-builder
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