diff --git a/roles/miniforge/defaults/main.yml b/roles/miniforge/defaults/main.yml
index 9be4156..91e4818 100644
--- a/roles/miniforge/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/miniforge/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-miniforge_release: 24.3.0-0
+miniforge_release: "26.3.2-2"
 miniforge_script_path: "/tmp/{{ miniforge_install_script_name }}.sh"
 miniforge_release_base_url: "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/"
 miniforge_create_envs: false
diff --git a/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 0194f43..c94d94f 100644
--- a/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/miniforge/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
   roles:
     - role: genlab.common.miniforge
-      miniforge_release: 24.3.0-0
       miniforge_users: "{{ mamba_users }}"
       manifest_dir: "manifests"
       miniforge_create_envs: true