# Release announcement: Ansible Community Package 9.0.0rc1 (Pre-Release)

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0rc1-pre-release/38581>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 14, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0rc1-pre-release/38581 "2023-11-14T16:41:51Z")\
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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:** [November 14, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0rc1-pre-release/38581/1 "2023-11-14T16:41:51Z")

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Hello everyone,

We're happy to announce the Alpha release of Ansible 9.0.0rc1!

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?

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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:** [November 14, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0rc1-pre-release/38581/2 "2023-11-14T16:51:30Z")

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Hello everyone,

There is a typo in my previous email, this is a RC1 (Release Candidate  
1) release and not Alpha release.

Sorry for the typo and the confusion.

Cheers  
Anwesha