diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible.yml
index 673be37..f66c8a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible.yml
@@ -52,16 +52,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-        ansible-version: [stable-2.17, stable-2.15, stable-2.16]
-        exclude:
-        # Ansible-core 2.16 is supported only from Python 3.10 onwards
-        - python-version: "3.9"
-          ansible-version: stable-2.16
+         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+         ansible-version: [stable-2.15, stable-2.16, stable-2.17]
 
     steps:
       - name: Perform unit testing with ansible-test
-        uses: ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action@release/v1
+        uses: ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action@v1.15.0
         with:
           testing-type: units
           coverage: always
@@ -80,16 +76,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-        ansible-version: [stable-2.17, stable-2.15, stable-2.16]
-        exclude:
-        # Ansible-core 2.16 is supported only from Python 3.10 onwards
-        - python-version: "3.9"
-          ansible-version: stable-2.16
+         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+         ansible-version: [stable-2.15, stable-2.16, stable-2.17]
 
     steps:
       - name: Perform sanity testing
-        uses: ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action@release/v1
+        uses: ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action@v1.15.0
         with:
           ansible-core-version: ${{ matrix.ansible-version }}
           target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -104,12 +96,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-        ansible-version: [stable-2.17, stable-2.15, stable-2.16]
-        exclude:
-        # Ansible-core 2.16 is supported only from Python 3.10 onwards
-        - python-version: "3.9"
-          ansible-version: stable-2.16
+         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+         ansible-version: [stable-2.15, stable-2.16, stable-2.17]
 
     steps:
       # Important: This sets up your GITHUB_WORKSPACE environment variable