diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 491249f..cc531e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
 dev = [
   "ansible-lint~=26.6.0",
   "docopt~=0.6.2",
-  "molecule~=26.6.0",
+  "molecule~=26.8.0",
   "molecule-plugins[docker]>=23.5",
   "pip>=25",
   "pre-commit~=4.6.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 538d5cc..1d53fb4 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ requires-dist = [
 dev = [
     { name = "ansible-lint", specifier = "~=26.6.0" },
     { name = "docopt", specifier = "~=0.6.2" },
-    { name = "molecule", specifier = "~=26.6.0" },
+    { name = "molecule", specifier = "~=26.8.0" },
     { name = "molecule-plugins", extras = ["docker"], specifier = ">=23.5" },
     { name = "pip", specifier = ">=25" },
     { name = "pre-commit", specifier = "~=4.6.0" },
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "molecule"
-version = "26.6.0"
+version = "26.8.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "ansible-compat" },
@@ -845,9 +845,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "wcmatch" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b6/81/7391315d9e10d7a37bb11d0d83d5d03303f698292465e3c1620028a3abf7/molecule-26.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1870c5f5442403d77b5953d344382265a521eb4948885260c0cac084aa3dec02", size = 4717402, upload-time = "2026-06-30T11:59:11.328Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/71/cc/08ea98d6b294ffd0d01bb3efa43fb40c7c1ff84efeb56a71b527320fa898/molecule-26.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:506a0a0416683f4e404a42ce8c56a980cd93b7c802258222c1a9736b0f4ec37c", size = 4729101, upload-time = "2026-08-12T07:13:52.952Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/80/15/cebabfd858a470e4497a7c4fa6edec16246a7b2c7cb6f937388ac4d76a59/molecule-26.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e0d63011f1f044030a0c769178f4800271a2a8137f51124b18d673e576a88c52", size = 162387, upload-time = "2026-06-30T11:59:09.345Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d6/86/e03836e37ed144f3d5b5f3d6d9730122e717947820cae358d6725ff2595e/molecule-26.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:69a2a07dad27d362b9209024c9d3f0daac29da6637945fec5098deea448e3b52", size = 163044, upload-time = "2026-08-12T07:13:50.93Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]