diff --git a/molecule-requirements.txt b/molecule-requirements.txt
index 77e25b488..c4ecf8838 100644
--- a/molecule-requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pytest-cov
 pytest-html
 pytest-xdist
 mock
-molecule>=2.22rc1,<3
+molecule==3.0a5
 netaddr
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs