diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements-molecule.txt b/.github/workflows/requirements-molecule.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2468265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/requirements-molecule.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+ansible-lint==24.5.0
+attrs==23.2.0
+black==24.4.2
+bracex==2.4
+certifi==2024.2.2
+cffi==1.16.0
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+click==8.1.7
+click-help-colors==0.9.4
+cryptography==42.0.7
+distro==1.9.0
+docker==7.1.0
+enrich==1.2.7
+filelock==3.14.0
+idna==3.7
+importlib_metadata==7.1.0
+Jinja2==3.1.4
+jmespath==1.0.1
+jsonschema==4.22.0
+jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1
+markdown-it-py==3.0.0
+MarkupSafe==2.1.5
+mdurl==0.1.2
+molecule==24.2.1
+molecule-plugins==23.5.3
+mypy-extensions==1.0.0
+packaging==24.0
+pathspec==0.12.1
+platformdirs==4.2.2
+pluggy==1.5.0
+pycparser==2.22
+Pygments==2.18.0
+PyYAML==6.0.1
+referencing==0.35.1
+requests==2.31.0
+resolvelib==1.0.1
+rich==13.7.1
+rpds-py==0.18.1
+ruamel.yaml==0.18.6
+ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.8
+selinux==0.3.0
+subprocess-tee==0.4.1
+urllib3==2.2.1
+wcmatch==8.5.2
+yamllint==1.35.1
+zipp==3.18.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-molecule.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-molecule.yml
index e090a75..442ce05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-molecule.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-molecule.yml
@@ -31,20 +31,22 @@ jobs:
             echo "MOLECULE_IS_PRESENT=PRESENT" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
           fi
         working-directory: "${{ github.repository }}/roles/${{ inputs.role-name }}"
-      - name: Setup molecule
+      - name: Install Python modules
         # version of reauests is fixed because the fix
         # https://github.com/docker/docker-py/pull/3257/files
         # has not been in releases yet
         # it can be removed after updating to the next release of docker-py (now 7.1.0)
+        #          pip3 install --no-cache-dir yamllint ansible==${{ inputs.ansible-version }} ansible-lint==24.5.0  \
+        #          molecule==24.2.1 molecule-plugins[docker]==23.5.3 docker==7.1.0 requests==2.31.0 \
+        #          jmespath==1.0.1
         run: |
-          pip3 install --no-cache-dir yamllint ansible==${{ inputs.ansible-version }} ansible-lint==24.5.0  \
-          molecule==24.2.1 molecule-plugins[docker]==23.5.3 docker==7.1.0 requests==2.31.0 \
-          jmespath==1.0.1
-      - name: Run lint
-        run: |
-          python -m pip freeze
+          set -e
+          echo "ansible==${{ inputs.ansible-version }} >> requirements-molecule.txt
+          pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-molecule.txt
+        working-directory: "${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows"
       - name: Print versions
         run: |
+          set -e
           ansible --version
           molecule --version
           yamllint --version