diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec
index b5ef4ed..6d0432f 100644
--- a/ansible.spec
+++ b/ansible.spec
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 %global __requires_exclude_from %{?__requires_exclude_from:%__requires_exclude_from|}%{__brp_mangle_shebangs_exclude_from}
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} >= 8
-# RHEL 8's ansible-core package is built using Python 3.9, which is not the default version.
-%define python3_pkgversion 3.11
+# ansible-core package is built against Python 3.11 in RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 which
+# is not the default version.
+%global python3_pkgversion 3.11
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-rpm-macros
 %endif
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ to ansible-core.
 # to properly release and test new ansible major versions after RHEL rebases
 # ansible-core. The lower version constraints can stay in place.
 
-sed -i "s|'ansible-core ~= 2.13\..*',$|'ansible-core >= %{min_ansible_core}',|" setup.py
+sed -i "s|'ansible-core ~= 2.14\..*',$|'ansible-core >= %{min_ansible_core}',|" setup.py
 # Verify
 set -o pipefail
 grep -B1 "'ansible-core >= %{min_ansible_core}'," setup.py | grep -F 'install_requires=['