diff --git a/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index 9feff4c7..4a0b110b 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ kube_token_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/tokens"
 kube_api_anonymous_auth: true
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
-kube_version: v1.28.6
+kube_version: v1.28.12
 
 # Where the binaries will be downloaded.
 # Note: ensure that you've enough disk space (about 1G)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2f1b99d..32e06604 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-ansible>=6.7.0,<=8.5.0
+ansible>9.0,<10.0
+ansible-core<2.17.0
 cryptography==43.0.1
 jinja2==3.1.4
 jmespath==1.0.1
+jsonschema<=4.23.0
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
 netaddr==0.9.0
 pbr==5.11.1
diff --git a/submodules/kubespray b/submodules/kubespray
index 64447e74..f9ebd45c 160000
--- a/submodules/kubespray
+++ b/submodules/kubespray
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 64447e745e53d3f486356d03ecb195729a302ea1
+Subproject commit f9ebd45c749647c0e8fdd55ea58d0fb0b6612d08