diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 291c14265..9f008c873 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ repos:
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: "v4.0.0-alpha.8"
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycontribs/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: "v3.3.2"
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
         additional_dependencies:
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ repos:
       - id: black
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 7.0.0
+    rev: 7.1.0
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b1bb37ecd..540f7a1a9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,39 @@ Ansible Netcommon Collection Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v7.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version this collection requires is `2.15.0`. The last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.15 is v6.1.3.
+
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.15.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix get api call during scp with libssh.
+- Handle sftp error messages for file not present for routerOS.
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- libssh - net_put and net_get fail when the destination file intended to be fetched is not present.
+
+v6.1.3
+======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- The v6.1.2 release introduced a change in cliconfbase's edit_config() signature which broke many platform cliconfs. This patch release reverts that change.
+
 v6.1.2
 ======
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16486c3c5..4b23b22dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This includes connection plugins, such as ``network_cli``, ``httpapi``, and ``ne
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
 ## Ansible version compatibility
 
-This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.14.0**.
+This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.15.0**.
 
 For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your `network_os` to use the
 fully qualified collection name (for example, `cisco.ios.ios`).
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index a72e63459..3eeb7240b 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -766,3 +766,31 @@ releases:
     fragments:
       - 614-fix-parse_cli_textfsm-doc.yaml
     release_date: "2024-05-22"
+  6.1.3:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+        - The v6.1.2 release introduced a change in cliconfbase's edit_config() signature
+          which broke many platform cliconfs. This patch release reverts that change.
+    fragments:
+      - bug_653.yaml
+    release_date: "2024-05-29"
+  7.0.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+        - Fix get api call during scp with libssh.
+        - Handle sftp error messages for file not present for routerOS.
+      known_issues:
+        - libssh - net_put and net_get fail when the destination file intended to be
+          fetched is not present.
+      major_changes:
+        - Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.15.0`, since previous ansible-core versions
+          are EoL now.
+      release_summary:
+        "Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version
+        this collection requires is `2.15.0`. The last known version compatible with
+        ansible-core<2.15 is v6.1.3."
+    fragments:
+      - fix-routeros-net_put.yaml
+      - libssh_get.yaml
+      - min_215.yaml
+    release_date: "2024-06-10"
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 4fc846ef4..a6f853d73 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ readme: README.md
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues
 tags: [networking, security, cloud, network_cli, netconf, httpapi, grpc]
-version: 6.1.2
+version: 7.0.0
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 337da6910..be0d8febb 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.14.0"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.15.0"
 plugin_routing:
   action:
     grpc_config:
diff --git a/plugins/action/net_put.py b/plugins/action/net_put.py
index e3db728bc..9ec7c2610 100644
--- a/plugins/action/net_put.py
+++ b/plugins/action/net_put.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def _handle_existing_file(self, conn, source, dest, proto, timeout):
             )
         except ConnectionError as exc:
             error = to_text(exc)
-            if error.endswith("No such file or directory"):
+            if error.endswith("No such file or directory") or "File doesn't exist" in error:
                 if os.path.exists(tmp_source_file):
                     os.remove(tmp_source_file)
                 return True
diff --git a/plugins/connection/libssh.py b/plugins/connection/libssh.py
index 50dec0288..4553c5c48 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/libssh.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/libssh.py
@@ -594,7 +594,10 @@ def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path, proto="sftp"):
         elif proto == "scp":
             scp = self.ssh.scp()
             try:
-                scp.get(out_path, in_path)
+                # this abruptly closes the connection when
+                # scp.get fails only when the file is not there
+                # it works fine if the file is actually present
+                scp.get(in_path, out_path)
             except LibsshSCPException as exc:
                 raise AnsibleError("Error transferring file from %s: %s" % (out_path, to_text(exc)))
         else:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/network/common/rm_base/resource_module.py b/plugins/module_utils/network/common/rm_base/resource_module.py
index 1bbefd515..7fd97c132 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/network/common/rm_base/resource_module.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/network/common/rm_base/resource_module.py
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ def compare(self, parsers, want=None, have=None):
                 else:
                     self.addcmd(have, parser, True)
 
-    def run_commands(self, err_responses=None):
+    def run_commands(self):
         """Send commands to the device"""
         if self.commands and self.state in self.ACTION_STATES:
             if not self._module.check_mode:
-                self._connection.edit_config(candidate=self.commands, err_responses=err_responses)
+                self._connection.edit_config(candidate=self.commands)
             self.changed = True
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_utils/cliconf_base.py b/plugins/plugin_utils/cliconf_base.py
index b3c1941df..c48873391 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_utils/cliconf_base.py
+++ b/plugins/plugin_utils/cliconf_base.py
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ def edit_config(
         replace=None,
         diff=False,
         comment=None,
-        err_responses=None,
     ):
         """Loads the candidate configuration into the network device
 
@@ -235,8 +234,6 @@ def edit_config(
                         the file in this case should be present on the remote host in the mentioned path as a
                         prerequisite.
         :param comment: Commit comment provided it is supported by remote host.
-        :param err_responses: A list of error regexes that will be used to evaluate the responses received
-                              from executing the candidate command(s).
         :return: Returns a json string with contains configuration applied on remote host, the returned
                  response on executing configuration commands and platform relevant data.
                {
diff --git a/tox-ansible.ini b/tox-ansible.ini
index fe560ad9d..f1c7fce60 100644
--- a/tox-ansible.ini
+++ b/tox-ansible.ini
@@ -1,9 +1,2 @@
 [ansible]
-skip =
-    py3.7
-    py3.8
-    2.9
-    2.10
-    2.11
-    2.12
-    2.13
+skip = ""