diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 9d165a0..9c1b723 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # This installed version can be overriden by running pytest with the --ansible-version command.
 # Ideally pytest would install another venv just for the test, but the pytest-virtualenv package
 # is ancient and incompatible with python 3.12.
-ansible-core==2.18.0
+ansible-core==2.18.1
 
 # Linting & Formatting
 ansible-lint==24.10.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f0bc12c..cab3b29 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ansible-compat==24.10.0
     # via
     #   ansible-lint
     #   molecule
-ansible-core==2.18.0
+ansible-core==2.18.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   ansible-compat