diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index d65c7aae8..c1005e2af 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -r ../requirements.txt
 distlib==0.4.3 # required for building collections
-molecule==26.8.0
+molecule==26.9.0
 pytest-testinfra==10.2.2