diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 728506f..c22928b 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 - job:
     name: validations-common-reqcheck
-    nodeset: centos-8-stream
+    nodeset: centos-9-stream
     parent: base
     run: playbooks/reqcheck.yaml
     timeout: 1600
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       - ^requirements.txt$
 - job:
     name: validations-common-coverchange
-    nodeset: centos-8-stream
+    nodeset: centos-9-stream
     parent: base
     run: playbooks/coverchange.yaml
     timeout: 1600
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
     voting: true
 
 - job:
-    name: tripleo-ci-centos-8-standalone-validation-common
-    parent: tripleo-ci-centos-8-standalone
+    name: tripleo-ci-centos-9-standalone-validation-common
+    parent: tripleo-ci-centos-9-standalone
     vars:
       featureset: '052'
       validate_services: true
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         - openstack-tox-py36
         - openstack-tox-py39
         - validations-common-functional
-        - tripleo-ci-centos-8-standalone-validation-common:
+        - tripleo-ci-centos-9-standalone-validation-common:
             vars: &consumer_vars
               build_container_images: true
             dependencies:
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         - openstack-tox-py36
         - openstack-tox-py39
         - validations-common-functional
-        - tripleo-ci-centos-8-standalone-validation-common:
+        - tripleo-ci-centos-9-standalone-validation-common:
             vars: *consumer_vars
             dependencies:
               - openstack-tox-linters
diff --git a/playbooks/reqcheck.yaml b/playbooks/reqcheck.yaml
index e429078..1ec7003 100644
--- a/playbooks/reqcheck.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/reqcheck.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
         cmd: |
           set -e
           # Need to inherit system-site-packages for python-yum
-          sudo dnf install -y python3-virtualenv
-          virtualenv --system-site-packages {{ ansible_user_dir }}/.venv
+          python3 -m venv --system-site-packages {{ ansible_user_dir }}/.venv
           source {{ ansible_user_dir }}/.venv/bin/activate
           git clone https://github.com/softwarefactory-project/rdopkg.git
           cd rdopkg