diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5147798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+exclude_paths:
+  - temp
+  - .github
+  - .pre-commit-config.yaml
+parseable: true
+quiet: true
+skip_list:
+  - "no-changed-when"
+  - "package-latest"
+  - "name[play]"
+  - "name[casing]"
+  - "fqcn[action]"
+  - "fqcn[action-core]"
+use_default_rules: true
+verbosity: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index d98d0d5..04cdadc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.9
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
       - name: Setup `packer`
         uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@main
@@ -24,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: packer validate
         run: |
           pushd src
+          packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/amazon
+          packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/ansible
           packer validate -var AmiImageName=validate template.json
   deploy:
     name: Deploy to AWS org-sagebase-imagecentral
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build and Upload AMI
       run: |
         pushd src
+        packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/amazon
+        packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/ansible
         AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=${{ env.AWS_REGION }} packer build -force -var AmiImageName=${{ env.AMI_IMAGE_NAME }} template.json
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d49ac55..0a6260b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+ci:
+    skip: [ansible-lint]
+
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
@@ -9,7 +12,8 @@ repos:
     -   id: pretty-format-json
         args: [--autofix]
 -   repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint
-    rev: v6.16.2
+    rev: v24.9.2
     hooks:
     -   id: ansible-lint
-        files: src/.*\.(yaml|yml)$
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - ansible