diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5d6026d87..86a764136 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 molecule==24.9.0
 molecule-plugins[docker]==23.5.3
-ansible-core==2.17.6
+ansible-core==2.18.0
 docker==7.1.0
 jmespath==1.0.1
 aar-doc==2.0.0