# Release announcement : Ansible Community Package 9.0.0a1 (Pre Release)

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0a1-pre-release/38480>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 28, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0a1-pre-release/38480 "2023-09-28T16:47:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anwesha\_Das](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@Anwesha\_Das](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anwesha_Das)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0a1-pre-release/38480/1 "2023-09-28T16:47:38Z")

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Hello everyone,

We're happy to announce the Alpha release of Ansible 9.0.0a1!

This pre-release version contains the latest version of ansible-core  
2.16 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provides a  
vast number of modules and plugins.

ansible-core is a required dependency, not contained within the  
ansible packages.

How to get it?