diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d0ec225f..64b026bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ on:
       ANSIBLE_DEBUG:
         type: choice
         description: ANSIBLE_DEBUG (true, false)
-        default: "false"
         options:
           - "false"
           - "true"
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ on:
       build_upload:
         type: choice
         description: Upload release to Vagrant Cloud
-        default: "false"
         options:
           - "false"
           - "true"
@@ -63,6 +61,7 @@ on:
     - cron: "0 1 1 * *"
 
 env:
+  PACKER_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   PACKER_IMAGES_OUTPUT_DIR: /var/tmp/packer-templates-images
   PACKER_CACHE_DIR: /var/tmp/packer_cache
   LOGDIR: /var/tmp/packer-templates-logs
@@ -196,26 +195,39 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install packages
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          # Remove unused packages to save some disk space
-          rm -rf /Users/runner/Library/Developer /Users/runner/Library/Android /Users/runner/hostedtoolcache /Users/runner/.dotnet
-          brew update
-          brew install bash coreutils gnu-sed jq packer hudochenkov/sshpass/sshpass vagrant
+          brew install ansible bash coreutils gnu-sed jq packer hudochenkov/sshpass/sshpass hashicorp/tap/hashicorp-vagrant
+
           if [[ "${PACKER_VAGRANT_PROVIDER}" = "libvirt" ]]; then
             brew install qemu xorriso
+            qemu-system-x86_64 --version
           fi
+
           if [[ "${PACKER_VAGRANT_PROVIDER}" = "virtualbox" ]]; then
             brew install virtualbox
+            vboxmanage --version
           fi
-          # renovate: datasource=pypi depName=ansible
-          ANSIBLE_VERSION="9.2.0"
-          pip3 install ansible=="${ANSIBLE_VERSION}"
+
+          packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/ansible
+          packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/qemu
+          packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/vagrant
+          packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/virtualbox
+
+          vagrant --version
+          packer --version
+          ansible --version
+
           if [[ "${BUILD}" =~ windows ]]; then
             # renovate: datasource=pypi depName=pywinrm
             PYWINRM_VERSION="0.4.3"
             pip3 install pywinrm=="${PYWINRM_VERSION}"
-            ansible-galaxy collection install -v -r ansible/requirements.yml
+            ansible-galaxy collection install --force -r ansible/requirements.yml
           fi
+
           echo "/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
+
+          # Remove unused packages to save some disk space
+          rm -rf /Users/runner/Library/Developer /Users/runner/Library/Android /Users/runner/hostedtoolcache /Users/runner/.dotnet
+
           # Used by mxschmitt/action-tmate
           touch continue
 
@@ -230,12 +242,12 @@ jobs:
           ./build.sh "${BUILD}"
 
       - name: Upload logs to GitHub artifact store in case of VirtualBox failure
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: ${{ always() && (steps.build_image.outcome == 'failure') && contains(matrix.stage, 'virtualbox') }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: ${{ always() && contains(matrix.stage, 'virtualbox') }}
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.stage }}
           path: ${{ env.LOGDIR }}/*
-          retention-days: 1
+          retention-days: 3
 
       - name: Check the created box image
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faff21af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: release-please
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please-pr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@cc61a07e2da466bebbc19b3a7dd01d6aecb20d1e # v4.0.2
+        with:
+          release-type: simple
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3559759f..fb962e3d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,3 @@ packer_cache/
 
 # pre-commit config file
 .pre-commit-config.yaml
-
-# release-it configuration file
-.release-it.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ansible-role-my_common_defaults b/ansible/roles/ansible-role-my_common_defaults
index 7d3d8939..f75b3880 160000
--- a/ansible/roles/ansible-role-my_common_defaults
+++ b/ansible/roles/ansible-role-my_common_defaults
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7d3d89392553f7fd8e038c11f7a6ff278a9db8b5
+Subproject commit f75b3880dbbb98a58053be12653639722a599abb
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ansible-role-virtio-win b/ansible/roles/ansible-role-virtio-win
index ee01884d..79ce98e6 160000
--- a/ansible/roles/ansible-role-virtio-win
+++ b/ansible/roles/ansible-role-virtio-win
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ee01884d31251f374df9bb4e1852b762e9291d17
+Subproject commit 79ce98e619a27cdec52294b5a27275a76d8d4628