diff --git a/.github/workflows/molecule.yml b/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
index 88e6085..47cbdc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK: yaml
       MOLECULE_CONFIG: molecule/ext/molecule-src/molecule.yml
       REQUIREMENTS_FILE: requirements.txt
+      PLAYBOOK_DIR: ../../../ # relative to molecule/ext/molecule-src/molecule.yml
       CRUN_VER: 1.11.2
     steps:
       - name: Workaround crun issue on ubuntu # https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity/SRC-catalog-items/issues/3