diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
index 8c49d10b..38b07717 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ jobs:
             ;
             git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch stable-2 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
             ;
-            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general.git ../../community/general
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch stable-9 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general.git ../../community/general
             ;
             git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch stable-1 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.library_inventory_filtering.git ../../community/library_inventory_filtering_v1
             ${{ matrix.extra-constraints && format('; echo ''{0}'' >> tests/utils/constraints.txt', matrix.extra-constraints) || '' }}