diff --git a/docker/bifrost/bifrost-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/bifrost/bifrost-base/Dockerfile.j2
index e31a12b326..27e3455e94 100644
--- a/docker/bifrost/bifrost-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/bifrost/bifrost-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build
 
 {{ macros.install_packages(bifrost_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
 
-{# Ensure we use Python 3.12 on RPM-based systems #}
-{% if base_package_type == 'rpm' %}
-RUN cd /usr/bin && \
-    rm -f python3 && \
-    ln -s python3.12 python3
-{% endif %}
-
 ENV VENV {{ venv_path }}
 
 {% set bifrost_base_pip_packages = [
@@ -47,12 +40,7 @@ COPY build_arg.yml /tmp/build_arg.yml
 RUN mkdir -p /requirements \
     && curl -o /requirements/upper-constraints.txt ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:-https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/{{ openstack_release }}} \
     && python3 -m venv --system-site-packages {{ venv_path }} \
-    && KOLLA_DISTRO_PYTHON_VERSION=$(/usr/bin/python3 -c "import sys; print('{}.{}'.format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor))") \
-    && cd {{ venv_path }}/lib \
-    && rm -f python3 \
-    && ln -s python${KOLLA_DISTRO_PYTHON_VERSION} python3
-
-RUN ln -s bifrost-base-source/* bifrost \
+    && ln -s bifrost-base-source/* bifrost \
     && {{ macros.install_pip(['pip', 'wheel', 'setuptools']) }} \
     && {{ macros.install_pip(bifrost_base_pip_packages | customizable("pip_packages")) }}
 
@@ -67,7 +55,7 @@ RUN apt-get --error-on=any update && \
 {%- else %}
 RUN echo " " && \
 {%- endif %}
-    bash -c '$VENV/bin/pip install "ansible>=12,<13" && \
+    bash -c '$VENV/bin/pip install "ansible>=12,<14" && \
     $VENV/bin/ansible-galaxy collection install -r /bifrost/ansible-collections-requirements.yml && \
     $VENV/bin/ansible-playbook -vvvv -i /bifrost/playbooks/inventory/target \
     /bifrost/playbooks/install.yaml \
diff --git a/docker/kolla-toolbox/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/kolla-toolbox/Dockerfile.j2
index 9f97ed3866..6a0796bfbe 100644
--- a/docker/kolla-toolbox/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/kolla-toolbox/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /requirements \
 ENV PATH {{ venv_path }}/bin:$PATH
 
 {% set kolla_toolbox_pip_packages = [
-        'ansible-core==2.19.*',
+        'ansible-core==2.20.*',
         'cmd2',
         'influxdb',
         'openstacksdk',
diff --git a/docker/kolla-toolbox/ansible.cfg b/docker/kolla-toolbox/ansible.cfg
index 53708de396..ec505f4a47 100644
--- a/docker/kolla-toolbox/ansible.cfg
+++ b/docker/kolla-toolbox/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [defaults]
-remote_tmp = /tmp
+inject_facts_as_vars = False
 log_path = /var/log/kolla/ansible.log
+remote_tmp = /tmp
diff --git a/docker/kolla-toolbox/requirements.yml b/docker/kolla-toolbox/requirements.yml
index 0c4025d018..83c7951429 100644
--- a/docker/kolla-toolbox/requirements.yml
+++ b/docker/kolla-toolbox/requirements.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 collections:
   - name: ansible.posix
-    version: '<2'
-  - name: community.general
-    version: '<4'
-  - name: community.mysql
     version: '<3'
+  - name: community.general
+    version: '<13'
+  - name: community.mysql
+    version: '<5'
   - name: community.rabbitmq
     version: '<2'
   - name: openstack.cloud
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ansible-core-2-20-bd912e1767d5f197.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ansible-core-2-20-bd912e1767d5f197.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf7ac0e7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ansible-core-2-20-bd912e1767d5f197.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Version of ``ansible-core`` in ``kolla-toolbox`` has been updated to
+    ``2.20``.