diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index 792ef5c..7fda421 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 exclude_paths:
     - releasenotes/
+    - roles/fetch_validations/
 parseable: true
 quiet: false
 rulesdir:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8752d33..e3b4530 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ repos:
         always_run: true
         pass_filenames: false
         additional_dependencies:
-          - 'ansible<2.10'
+          - 'ansible-core<2.12'
         verbose: true
         entry: ansible-lint --force-color -p -v
 
diff --git a/ansible-collections-requirements.yml b/ansible-collections-requirements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4971c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-collections-requirements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+collections:
+  - containers.podman
+  - community.general
+  - ansible.posix
diff --git a/molecule-requirements.txt b/molecule-requirements.txt
index e631256..8f0fd0c 100644
--- a/molecule-requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # this is required for the molecule jobs
-ansible>=2.8,!=2.8.9,!=2.9.12,<2.10.0 # GPLv3+
+ansible-core<2.12 # GPLv3+
 ansi2html # LGPLv3+
 jinja2>=2.8.0 # BSD-3-Clause
 mock # BSD
diff --git a/playbooks/molecule/pre.yml b/playbooks/molecule/pre.yml
index 4579086..bf9a57e 100644
--- a/playbooks/molecule/pre.yml
+++ b/playbooks/molecule/pre.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
         virtualenv_command: "{{ ensure_pip_virtualenv_command }}"
         virtualenv_site_packages: true
 
+    - name: Set up collections
+      command: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/test-python/bin/ansible-galaxy install -fr {{ validations_common_project_path }}/ansible-collections-requirements.yml"
+
     - name: Display test-python virtualenv package versions
       shell: |-
         . {{ ansible_user_dir }}/test-python/bin/activate
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 486e2e3..4826c4d 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
-ansible>=2.8,!=2.8.9,!=2.9.12,<2.10.0 # GPLv3+
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=3.0.1 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 47ea250..5f2d076 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ setenv =
   HOME={envdir}
   DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
 commands =
+  ansible-galaxy install -fr {toxinidir}/ansible-collections-requirements.yml
   stestr run --slowest --color {posargs}
 deps =
   -r {toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
-whitelist_externals = bash
+  ansible-core<2.12 # GPLv3+
+whitelist_externals =
+  bash
+  ansible-galaxy
 
 [testenv:py27]
 envtmpdir={envdir}/tmp
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ deps =
   -c {env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/train}
   -r {toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-  ansible>=2
+  ansible-core<2.12
 whitelist_externals =
   bash
   cp
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ deps =
 commands =
   bash -c "ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH='{toxinidir}/validations_common/roles'"
   bash -c "ANSIBLE_LIBRARY='{toxinidir}/validations_common/library'"
+  ansible-galaxy install -fr {toxinidir}/ansible-collections-requirements.yml
   python -m pre_commit run ansible-lint -a
 
 [testenv:yamllint]
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ deps =
   -c {env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
   -r {toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+  ansible-core<2.12 # GPLv3+
 commands =
     python '{toxinidir}/tools/validate-files.py' .
     {[testenv:ansible-lint]commands}
diff --git a/validations_common/roles/xfs_check_ftype/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/validations_common/roles/xfs_check_ftype/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 822f32b..198c827 100644
--- a/validations_common/roles/xfs_check_ftype/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/validations_common/roles/xfs_check_ftype/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         - skip_ansible_lint
 
     - name: Format the partition with XFS with ftype=1
-      filesystem:
+      community.general.filesystem:
         fstype: xfs
         dev: "{{ losetup.stdout }}"
         opts: -n ftype=1
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         state: directory
 
     - name: Mount the XFS partition
-      mount:
+      ansible.posix.mount:
         path: /xfs
         src: "{{ losetup.stdout }}p1"
         fstype: xfs