diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e3ffe60ded..fdb3c6194b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 alabaster==0.7.12
 ansi2html==1.7.0
-ansible-compat==2.0.2
+ansible-compat==2.1.0
 ansible-core==2.13.0
 ansible-pygments==0.1.1
 arrow==1.2.2
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ filelock==3.7.0
 idna==3.3
 imagesize==1.3.0
 importlib-metadata==4.11.4
+importlib-resources==5.7.1
 iniconfig==1.1.1
 jinja2==3.1.2
 jinja2-time==0.2.0
+jsonschema==4.5.1
 markupsafe==2.1.1
 more-itertools==8.13.0
 packaging==21.3
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ py==1.11.0
 pycparser==2.21
 pygments==2.12.0
 pyparsing==3.0.9
+pyrsistent==0.18.1
 pytest==7.1.2
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
 pytest-forked==1.4.0
diff --git a/src/molecule/test/functional/test_command.py b/src/molecule/test/functional/test_command.py
index 8ecae551af..55f1f8b043 100644
--- a/src/molecule/test/functional/test_command.py
+++ b/src/molecule/test/functional/test_command.py
@@ -116,13 +116,12 @@ def test_command_converge(scenario_to_test, with_scenario, scenario_name):
 )
 @pytest.mark.serial
 def test_command_create(scenario_to_test, with_scenario, scenario_name, tmp_path):
-    os.environ["ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH"] = str(tmp_path)
     cmd = ["molecule", "create", "--scenario-name", scenario_name]
     assert run_command(cmd, env=os.environ).returncode == 0
 
-    # Validate that ansible-compat created a symlink in the roles path
-    role_path = tmp_path / "molecule.delegated_test"
-    assert role_path.is_symlink()
+    role_list = run_command(["ansible-galaxy", "role", "list"], env=os.environ)
+    assert role_list.returncode == 0, role_list
+    assert "- molecule.delegated_test, (unknown version)" in role_list.stdout
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(