diff --git a/molecule-shared/requirements.txt b/molecule-shared/requirements.txt
index 969885684..bea6fc70d 100644
--- a/molecule-shared/requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-shared/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ansible==14.4.0
-molecule==26.8.0
+molecule==26.9.0
 molecule-plugins==26.7.15
 docker==7.2.0