# Ansible-test devel: RHEL 9.5 replaced with 9.6, FreeBSD 14.2 with 14.3, Alpine 3.21 with 3.22, and Fedora 41 with 42

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-devel-rhel-9-5-replaced-with-9-6-freebsd-14-2-with-14-3-alpine-3-21-with-3-22-and-fedora-41-with-42/44111>\
**Category:** Collection Development\
**Tags:** news-for-maintainers, rhel, rhel9, alpine, ansible-test, fedora, azp, freebsd\
**Created:** [July 26, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-devel-rhel-9-5-replaced-with-9-6-freebsd-14-2-with-14-3-alpine-3-21-with-3-22-and-fedora-41-with-42/44111 "2025-07-26T10:13:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-devel-rhel-9-5-replaced-with-9-6-freebsd-14-2-with-14-3-alpine-3-21-with-3-22-and-fedora-41-with-42/44111/1 "2025-07-26T10:13:46Z")

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If you’re using some of the mentioned VMs and OS containers in your collection CI for ansible-core devel’s ansible-test, you need to update your CI matrix:

- RHEL 9.5 VM was replaced with RHEL 9.6: [ansible-test - Replace RHEL 9.5 with 9.6 by mattclay · Pull Request #85558 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85558)
- FreeBSD 14.2 VM was replaced with FreeBSD 14.3: [ansible-test - Replace FreeBSD 14.2 with 14.3 by mattclay · Pull Request #85561 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85561)
- Fedora 41 and Alpine 3.21 VMs and containers were replaced with 42 resp. 3.22: [ansible-test - Update containers and remotes by mattclay · Pull Request #85562 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85562) (Fedora and Alpine)