diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible.yaml b/.github/workflows/ansible.yaml
index d19ad17..a528384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
-      - name: Install ansible-lint
-        run: pip install ansible-lint
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install ansible-lint boto3 botocore
+
+      - name: Install Ansible collections
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.aws community.general
 
       - name: Run ansible-lint
         run: ansible-lint playbooks/site.yaml
-        working-directory: ansible
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+        working-directory: ansible
+        env:
+          ANSIBLE_INVENTORY: inventory/ci_hosts  # static inventory for CI
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diff --git a/ansible/inventory/ci_hosts b/ansible/inventory/ci_hosts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ae02ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/inventory/ci_hosts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[all]
+localhost ansible_connection=local
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