diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 9ef0e9d..46ddb9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ on:
 jobs:
   molecule-packaging-tests:
     name: Launch molecule tests with infra-agent package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      TESTING: 'true'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Molecule tests
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          repo_base_url: 'http://nr-downloads-ohai-testing.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gs-test'
+          package_name: 'nr-otel-collector'
+          package_version: '0.7.0'
+          gpg_key: 'https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/gpg/newrelic-infra.gpg'
+          platforms: "al2,al2023,centos7,centos8,debian-bullseye,debian-buster,redhat8,redhat9,suse15.2,suse15.3,suse15.4,suse15.5,ubuntu1604,ubuntu1804,ubuntu2004,ubuntu2204,ubuntu2404"
+  
+  molecule-packaging-tests-ubuntu20:
+    name: Launch molecule tests with infra-agent package ubuntu20
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
       TESTING: 'true'
@@ -18,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
           package_name: 'nr-otel-collector'
           package_version: '0.7.0'
           gpg_key: 'https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/gpg/newrelic-infra.gpg'
-          platforms: "ubuntu2204,ubuntu2404"
+          platforms: "al2,al2023,centos7,centos8,debian-bullseye,debian-buster,redhat8,redhat9,suse15.2,suse15.3,suse15.4,suse15.5,ubuntu1604,ubuntu1804,ubuntu2004,ubuntu2204,ubuntu2404"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f548f89..31c4505 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-molecule/default/molecule.yml
+# having the molecule.yml in .gitignore prevents the molecule converge to run.
+# https://github.com/ansible/molecule/issues/4117
+
+#molecule/default/molecule.yml
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index ff595c3..95cbff7 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ runs:
     - name: Configure Molecule and Ansible
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        sudo pipx uninstall ansible-core
-        sudo pip3 install molecule[docker]==4.0.4
-        sudo pip3 install 'rich>=10.0.0,<11.0.0'
-        sudo pip3 install ansible-lint[community]==5.3.2
+        python3 -m pip install molecule ansible-core
+        python3 -m pip install "molecule-plugins[docker]"
     - name: Prepare OS versions
       shell: bash
       run: ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/prepare_platform.sh ${{ inputs.platforms }}