diff --git a/roles/promtail/defaults/main.yml b/roles/promtail/defaults/main.yml
index 91c9f6d..3a22cf7 100644
--- a/roles/promtail/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/promtail/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
-promtail_version: 2.7.3
+promtail_version: 3.6.3
 promtail_positions_path: /var/lib/promtail/positions.yaml
 promtail_http_port: 9080
-promtail_loki_server: localhost
 promtail_loki_port: 3100
 promtail_add_var_logs: true
diff --git a/roles/promtail/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/promtail/molecule/default/converge.yml
index ea072dd..4d4cda0 100644
--- a/roles/promtail/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/promtail/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
   hosts: all
   roles:
     - role: genlab.common.promtail
+      promtail_version: 3.6.3
+      promtail_loki_server: localhost  # required, but doesn't do anything in these tests