diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1f7278a..fbeb546 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,14 +44,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - distro: debian8
-          - distro: debian9
           - distro: debian10
-          - distro: ubuntu1604
-            ansible-version: '>=2.10, <2.11'
-          - distro: ubuntu1604
+          - distro: debian11
+          - distro: debian12
           - distro: ubuntu1804
           - distro: ubuntu2004
+          - distro: ubuntu2004
+          - distro: ubuntu2204
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the codebase
@@ -65,8 +64,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: pip install 'ansible${{ matrix.ansible-version }}' molecule[docker] docker
-
+        run: |
+          pip install 'ansible${{ matrix.ansible-version }}' molecule-plugins[docker] docker
       - name: Run Molecule tests
         run: |
           molecule test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87c8699..d265ce4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ None
 - `fail2ban_bantime`: [default: `600`]: Sets the bantime
 - `fail2ban_maxretry`: [default: `3`]: Maximum number of retries before the host is put into jail
 - `fail2ban_findtime`: [default: `600`]: A host is banned if it has generated `fail2ban_maxretry` during the last `fail2ban_findtime`
-- `fail2ban_backend`: [default: `auto`]: Specifies the backend used to get files modification. For Debian 12, `systemd` is required.
+- `fail2ban_backend`: [default: `auto`]: Specifies the backend used to get files modification. For Debian 12, `systemd` is required
 - `fail2ban_banaction`: [default: `iptables-multiport`]: Sets the global/default banaction
 - `fail2ban_banaction_allports`: [default: `iptables-allports`]: Sets the global/default banaction for allports
 - `fail2ban_mta`: [default: `sendmail`]: Email action
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index a0182a0..5daa6bf 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
 role = File.basename(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
 
 boxes = [
-  {
-    :name => "ubuntu-1604",
-    :box => "bento/ubuntu-16.04",
-    :ip => '10.0.0.12',
-    :cpu => "50",
-    :ram => "256"
-  },
   {
     :name => "ubuntu-1804",
     :box => "bento/ubuntu-18.04",
@@ -23,26 +16,33 @@ boxes = [
     :box => "bento/ubuntu-20.04",
     :ip => '10.0.0.14',
     :cpu => "50",
-    :ram => "384"
+    :ram => "512"
+  },
+  {
+    :name => "ubuntu-2204",
+    :box => "bento/ubuntu-22.04",
+    :ip => '10.0.0.15',
+    :cpu => "50",
+    :ram => "512"
   },
   {
-    :name => "debian-8",
-    :box => "bento/debian-8",
-    :ip => '10.0.0.16',
+    :name => "debian-10",
+    :box => "bento/debian-10",
+    :ip => '10.0.0.18',
     :cpu => "50",
     :ram => "256"
   },
   {
-    :name => "debian-9",
-    :box => "bento/debian-9",
-    :ip => '10.0.0.17',
+    :name => "debian-11",
+    :box => "bento/debian-11",
+    :ip => '10.0.0.19',
     :cpu => "50",
     :ram => "256"
   },
   {
-    :name => "debian-10",
-    :box => "bento/debian-10",
-    :ip => '10.0.0.18',
+    :name => "debian-12",
+    :box => "bento/debian-12",
+    :ip => '10.0.0.20',
     :cpu => "50",
     :ram => "256"
   },
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 4869a24..2c31e1c 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ galaxy_info:
   platforms:
     - name: Ubuntu
       versions:
-        - xenial
         - bionic
         - focal
+        - jammy
     - name: Debian
       versions:
-        - jessie
-        - stretch
         - buster
+        - bullseye
+        - bookworm
   galaxy_tags:
     - system
     - networking
diff --git a/molecule/default/collections.yml b/molecule/default/collections.yml
index c3d7e2a..1062b36 100644
--- a/molecule/default/collections.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/collections.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 ---
-collections:
-  - name: community.docker
-    version: '>=1.2.0,<2'
-  - name: community.general
-    version: '>=2,<3'
+collections: []
diff --git a/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 8841165..908aaf6 100644
--- a/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: "geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-ubuntu1604}-ansible:latest"
+    image: "geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-ubuntu2004}-ansible:latest"
     command: ${MOLECULE_DOCKER_COMMAND:-""}
     volumes:
       - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 3f6103c..da69a5c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ---
 - name: install
   ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: "{{ fail2ban_dependencies }}"
+    name: "{{ ' '.join(fail2ban_dependencies).split() }}"
     state: "{{ apt_install_state | default('latest') }}"
     update_cache: true
     cache_valid_time: "{{ apt_update_cache_valid_time | default(3600) }}"
@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@
     - fail2ban
     - fail2ban-install
 
-- name: Install python3-systemd for systemd backend
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: python3-systemd
-    state: "{{ apt_install_state | default('latest') }}"
-    update_cache: true
-    cache_valid_time: "{{ apt_update_cache_valid_time | default(3600) }}"
-  when: fail2ban_backend == 'systemd'
-  tags:
-    - configuration
-    - fail2ban
-    - fail2ban-install
-
 - name: get fail2ban version
   ansible.builtin.command: >
     fail2ban-server -V
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 8d841fc..88f7ac3 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 ---
 fail2ban_dependencies:
   - fail2ban
+  - "{{ (fail2ban_backend == 'systemd') | ternary('python' + (ansible_python_version is version('3', '>=') | ternary('3', '')) + '-systemd', '') }}"