diff --git a/.github/scripts/ansible/aws_ec2.sh b/.github/scripts/ansible/aws_ec2.sh
index d6ab3c03213..a78a890611b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/ansible/aws_ec2.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/ansible/aws_ec2.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ REGION=$2
 case $OPERATION in
   requirements)
     ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml
-    pip3 install --user "ansible==9.*" boto3 botocore
+    pip3 install ansible boto3 botocore
   ;;
   create|delete|start|stop)
     if [ -f "env.yml" ]; then ANSIBLE_CUSTOM_VARS_ARG="-e @env.yml"; fi
diff --git a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/aws_ec2/defaults/main.yml b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/aws_ec2/defaults/main.yml
index 4d39bb9a713..acb1d92cd02 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/aws_ec2/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/aws_ec2/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ cluster_size: 1
 
 cidr_ip: "{{ control_host_ip.stdout }}/32"
 
-ami_name: RHEL-8.8.0_HVM-20230503-x86_64-54-Hourly2-GP2
+# aws ec2 describe-images --owners 309956199498 --filters "Name=architecture,Values=x86_64" "Name=virtualization-type,Values=hvm"  --region eu-west-1 --no-include-deprecated     --query 'Images[] | sort_by(@, &CreationDate)[].Name'
+ami_name: RHEL-9.4_HVM_GA-20240827-x86_64-0-Hourly2-GP3
 
 instance_type: t3.large
 instance_volume_size: 20
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e067f775b19..b656ebdaa66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -366,9 +366,12 @@ jobs:
           zip -u /tmp/keycloak.zip aws.pem
 
           cd .github/scripts/ansible
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           export CLUSTER_NAME=keycloak_$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
           echo "ec2_cluster=${CLUSTER_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           ./aws_ec2.sh requirements
+          pipx inject ansible-core boto3 botocore
           ./aws_ec2.sh create ${REGION}
           ./keycloak_ec2_installer.sh ${REGION} /tmp/keycloak.zip
           ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${REGION} "clean install -B -DskipTests -Pdistribution"
@@ -415,6 +418,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ always() && matrix.db == 'aurora-postgres' }}
         working-directory: .github/scripts/ansible
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           export CLUSTER_NAME=${{ steps.aurora-tests.outputs.ec2_cluster }}
           ./aws_ec2.sh delete ${{ steps.aurora-init.outputs.region }}