diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 0116ea7..906bb4b 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==2.17.5
+ansible-core==2.18.0
 
 # Linting & Formatting
 ansible-lint==24.9.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 381d921..c419ce6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ annotated-types==0.7.0
     # via pydantic
 ansible-compat==24.9.1
     # via ansible-lint
-ansible-core==2.17.5
+ansible-core==2.18.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   ansible-compat