diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index f4ba75a82..a59573fc4 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.18.0,<2.19.0"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.19.0,<2.20.0"
diff --git a/playbooks/ansible_version.yml b/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
index 0211a517f..611d0f76a 100644
--- a/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
+++ b/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   become: false
   run_once: true
   vars:
-    minimal_ansible_version: 2.18.0
-    maximal_ansible_version: 2.19.0
+    minimal_ansible_version: 2.19.0
+    maximal_ansible_version: 2.20.0
   tags: always
   tasks:
     - name: "Check {{ minimal_ansible_version }} <= Ansible version < {{ maximal_ansible_version }}"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5eea21a72..c0075ad1b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible==11.13.0
+ansible==12.3.0
 # Prevented passlib version conflicts
 bcrypt<6
 # Needed for community.crypto module
diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml b/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
index c53f85ce1..0522a48df 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
       owner: "{{ download.owner | default(omit) }}"
       mode: "0755"
       state: directory
-      recurse: true
 
   - name: Download_file | Create local cache directory
     file:
diff --git a/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml
index e3794ea77..ec8b37e8c 100644
--- a/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,17 +34,6 @@
   tags:
     - bootstrap_os
 
-# Remove this after ansible-core >= 2.19.0
-# See https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/pull/12138#issuecomment-3019304574
-- name: Install python3-libdnf5 on Fedora >= 41
-  raw: >
-    dnf install --assumeyes python3-libdnf5
-  become: true
-  retries: "{{ pkg_install_retries }}"
-  when:
-    - ansible_distribution == "Fedora"
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version | int >= 41
-
 - name: Manage packages
   package:
     name: "{{ item.packages }}"