diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70de6c7..91feb0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The Ansible ``ansible.utils`` collection includes a variety of plugins that aid
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
 ## Ansible version compatibility
 
-This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.9.10**.
+This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.14.0**.
 
 For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your `network_os` to use the
 fully qualified collection name (for example, `cisco.ios.ios`).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/update_requires_ansible.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/update_requires_ansible.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71b476f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/update_requires_ansible.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+major_changes:
+  - Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.14.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
+release_summary: Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version this collection requires is `2.14.0`. That last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.14 is `v2.12.0`.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 405d7b6..f4b6207 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ tags:
   - data
   - validation
   - utils
-version: 2.12.0
+version: 3.0.0
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 460bbaf..ce6befd 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.9.10"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.14.0"
diff --git a/tests/config.yml b/tests/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c26ea59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+modules:
+  python_requires: ">=3.9"