diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/molecule.yml b/.gitlab-ci/molecule.yml
index 23431566b..7315ebdd4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/molecule.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/molecule.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ molecule:
       - container-engine/containerd
       - container-engine/cri-o
       - container-engine/gvisor
-      - container-engine/youki
       - adduser
       - bastion-ssh-config
       - bootstrap_os
@@ -53,3 +52,4 @@ molecule_full:
     - ROLE:
       # FIXME : tests below are perma-failing
       - container-engine/kata-containers
+      - container-engine/youki
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 304d15fd6..cb4bbfebb 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 namespace: kubernetes_sigs
 description: Deploy a production ready Kubernetes cluster
 name: kubespray
-version: 2.31.0
+version: 2.31.1
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - The Kubespray maintainers (https://kubernetes.slack.com/channels/kubespray)