diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index fdee75ea6..331c131d6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ scenario:
   name: default
 verifier:
   name: testinfra
-  lint:
-    name: flake8
diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/enable-everything/molecule.yml b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/enable-everything/molecule.yml
index 634455c19..d090b7e6d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/enable-everything/molecule.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/molecule/enable-everything/molecule.yml
@@ -147,5 +147,3 @@ scenario:
   name: enable-everything
 verifier:
   name: testinfra
-  lint:
-    name: flake8
diff --git a/molecule-requirements.txt b/molecule-requirements.txt
index 839177c3e..0980f44c6 100644
--- a/molecule-requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-requirements.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 ansible-lint>=3.0.0,<6.0.0,!=4.3.0 # MIT
 docker # Apache-2.0
-molecule<3.5.0 # MIT
+molecule<4.1.0 # MIT
 molecule-docker # MIT
-pytest-metadata<2 # MPL
+pytest-metadata # MPL
 pytest-molecule # MIT
 pytest-testinfra
 yamllint # GPLv3