diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 11c94d10..b05de88d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ jobs:
       TOX_PARALLEL_NO_SPINNER: 1
 
     steps:
-      - name: Switch to using Python 3.9 by default
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Switch to using Python 3.12 by default
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Install tox
         run: python3 -m pip install --user "tox>=4.0.0"
       - name: Check out src from Git
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index 6079cddc..f56f2663 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           min_python: "3.9"
           max_python: "3.12"
+          default_python: "3.10"
           other_names: |
             lint
             docs
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ jobs:
             py39-ansible213
             py39-ansible214
             py39-ansible215
-            py311-devel
+            py310-ansible215
+            py311-ansible215
+            py312-ansible216
+            py312-devel
             smoke
           platforms: linux,macos
           macos: minmax
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0 # needed by setuptools-scm
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python_version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 645ea7d4..14f411dd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,19 +9,20 @@ ci:
     for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
   skip:
     # https://github.com/pre-commit-ci/issues/issues/55
+    - ccv
     - pip-compile
     # No docker on pre-commit.ci
     - validate-config-in-container
 default_language_version:
   # Needed in order to make pip-compile output predictable.
-  python: python3.9
+  python: python3.10
 exclude: |
   (?x)^(
     test/assets/.*
   )$
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.0.291"
+    rev: "v0.1.9"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ repos:
           - prettier-plugin-toml
           - prettier-plugin-sort-json
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks.git
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
@@ -51,23 +52,23 @@ repos:
       - id: debug-statements
         language_version: python3
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.2.5
+    rev: v2.2.6
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
-    rev: v1.32.0
+    rev: v1.33.0
     hooks:
       - id: yamllint
         files: \.(yaml|yml)$
         types: [file, yaml]
         entry: yamllint --strict
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.9.1
+    rev: 23.12.1
     hooks:
       - id: black
         language_version: python3
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.5.1
+    rev: v1.8.0
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         # empty args needed in order to match mypy cli behavior
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ repos:
           - types-pkg_resources
           - types-jsonschema>=4.4.9
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
-    rev: v3.0.0b0
+    rev: v3.0.3
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
         additional_dependencies:
@@ -117,4 +118,10 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.2.0
     hooks:
       - id: validate-config-in-container
+        name: packit
         alias: packit
+  - repo: https://github.com/mashi/codecov-validator
+    rev: "1.0.1"
+    hooks:
+      - id: ccv
+        name: codecov
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d9cc730e..990033df 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   },
   "[python]": {
     "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-      "source.fixAll": true,
-      "source.fixAll.ruff": false,
-      "source.organizeImports": false
+      "source.fixAll": "explicit",
+      "source.fixAll.ruff": "never",
+      "source.organizeImports": "never"
     }
   },
   "editor.formatOnSave": true,
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 9eca5046..0ba95168 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@ codecov:
 comment: false
 coverage:
   status:
-    patch: false
-    project:
-      threshold: 0.5%
+    patch: true # we want github annotations
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 37e64478..6610cc5f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --extra=docs --extra=test --output-file=requirements.txt --strip-extras --unsafe-package=ansible-core --unsafe-package=resolvelib --unsafe-package=typing_extensions pyproject.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ defusedxml==0.7.1
     # via
     #   cairosvg
     #   mkdocs-ansible
-exceptiongroup==1.1.3
+exceptiongroup==1.2.0
     # via pytest
 ghp-import==2.1.0
     # via
@@ -87,14 +87,7 @@ idna==3.4
     #   mkdocs-ansible
     #   requests
 importlib-metadata==6.8.0
-    # via
-    #   build
-    #   markdown
-    #   mkdocs
-    #   mkdocs-ansible
-    #   mkdocstrings
-importlib-resources==5.0.7
-    # via ansible-core
+    # via mkdocs-ansible
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
 jinja2==3.1.2
@@ -147,7 +140,9 @@ mkdocs==1.5.3
     #   mkdocs-monorepo-plugin
     #   mkdocstrings
 mkdocs-ansible==0.2.0
-    # via ansible-compat (pyproject.toml)
+    # via
+    #   ansible-compat (pyproject.toml)
+    #   mkdocs-ansible
 mkdocs-autorefs==0.5.0
     # via
     #   mkdocs-ansible
@@ -300,12 +295,10 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   pip-tools
     #   pyproject-hooks
     #   pytest
-typing-extensions==4.8.0 ; python_version < "3.10"
+typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via
-    #   ansible-compat (pyproject.toml)
     #   black
     #   mkdocs-ansible
-    #   mkdocstrings
 urllib3==2.0.5
     # via
     #   mkdocs-ansible
diff --git a/src/ansible_compat/config.py b/src/ansible_compat/config.py
index 45300d39..a0b41b75 100644
--- a/src/ansible_compat/config.py
+++ b/src/ansible_compat/config.py
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ class AnsibleConfig(UserDict[str, object]):  # pylint: disable=too-many-ancestor
     default_private_role_vars: bool = False
     default_remote_port: str | None = None
     default_remote_user: str | None = None
+    # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#collections-paths
+    default_collections_path: list[str] = [
+        "~/.ansible/collections",
+        "/usr/share/ansible/collections",
+    ]
     default_roles_path: list[str] = [
         "~/.ansible/roles",
         "/usr/share/ansible/roles",
diff --git a/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py b/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py
index badb449b..ad811324 100644
--- a/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py
+++ b/src/ansible_compat/runtime.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import tempfile
 import warnings
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -457,7 +456,7 @@ def install_collection(
         if isinstance(collection, Path):
             collection = str(collection)
         # As ansible-galaxy install is not able to automatically determine
-        # if the range requires a pre-release, we need to manuall add the --pre
+        # if the range requires a pre-release, we need to manually add the --pre
         # flag when needed.
         matches = version_re.search(collection)
 
@@ -477,13 +476,13 @@ def install_collection(
         cmd.append(f"{collection}")
 
         _logger.info("Running from %s : %s", Path.cwd(), " ".join(cmd))
-        run = self.run(
+        process = self.run(
             cmd,
             retry=True,
             env={**self.environ, ansible_collections_path(): ":".join(cpaths)},
         )
-        if run.returncode != 0:
-            msg = f"Command returned {run.returncode} code:\n{run.stdout}\n{run.stderr}"
+        if process.returncode != 0:
+            msg = f"Command returned {process.returncode} code:\n{process.stdout}\n{process.stderr}"
             _logger.error(msg)
             raise InvalidPrerequisiteError(msg)
 
@@ -493,30 +492,7 @@ def install_collection_from_disk(
         destination: Path | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Build and install collection from a given disk path."""
-        if not self.version_in_range(upper="2.11"):
-            self.install_collection(path, destination=destination, force=True)
-            return
-        # older versions of ansible able unable to install without building
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
-            cmd = [
-                "ansible-galaxy",
-                "collection",
-                "build",
-                "--output-path",
-                str(tmp_dir),
-                str(path),
-            ]
-            _logger.info("Running %s", " ".join(cmd))
-            run = self.run(cmd, retry=False)
-            if run.returncode != 0:
-                _logger.error(run.stdout)
-                raise AnsibleCommandError(run)
-            for archive_file in os.listdir(tmp_dir):
-                self.install_collection(
-                    str(Path(tmp_dir) / archive_file),
-                    destination=destination,
-                    force=True,
-                )
+        self.install_collection(path, destination=destination, force=True)
 
     # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
     def install_requirements(  # noqa: C901
@@ -664,14 +640,14 @@ def prepare_environment(  # noqa: C901
                 destination=destination,
             )
 
-        if Path("galaxy.yml").exists():
+        if (self.project_dir / "galaxy.yml").exists():
             if destination:
                 # while function can return None, that would not break the logic
                 colpath = Path(
-                    f"{destination}/ansible_collections/{colpath_from_path(Path.cwd())}",
+                    f"{destination}/ansible_collections/{colpath_from_path(self.project_dir)}",
                 )
                 if colpath.is_symlink():
-                    if os.path.realpath(colpath) == Path.cwd():
+                    if os.path.realpath(colpath) == str(Path.cwd()):
                         _logger.warning(
                             "Found symlinked collection, skipping its installation.",
                         )
@@ -791,7 +767,7 @@ def _prepare_ansible_paths(self) -> None:
             msg = "Unexpected ansible configuration"
             raise RuntimeError(msg) from exc
 
-        alterations_list = [
+        alterations_list: list[tuple[list[str], str, bool]] = [
             (library_paths, "plugins/modules", True),
             (roles_path, "roles", True),
         ]
@@ -812,12 +788,12 @@ def _prepare_ansible_paths(self) -> None:
                 if must_be_present:
                     continue
                 path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            if path not in path_list:
+            if str(path) not in path_list:
                 path_list.insert(0, str(path))
 
         if library_paths != self.config.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH:
             self._update_env("ANSIBLE_LIBRARY", library_paths)
-        if collections_path != self.config.collections_paths:
+        if collections_path != self.config.default_collections_path:
             self._update_env(ansible_collections_path(), collections_path)
         if roles_path != self.config.default_roles_path:
             self._update_env("ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH", roles_path)
@@ -960,7 +936,10 @@ def _get_galaxy_role_ns(galaxy_infos: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
 
 def _get_galaxy_role_name(galaxy_infos: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Compute role name from meta/main.yml."""
-    return galaxy_infos.get("role_name", "")
+    result = galaxy_infos.get("role_name", "")
+    if not isinstance(result, str):
+        return ""
+    return result
 
 
 def search_galaxy_paths(search_dir: Path) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/test/collections/acme.minimal/galaxy.yml b/test/collections/acme.minimal/galaxy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a15e4184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/collections/acme.minimal/galaxy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: minimal
+namespace: acme
+version: 1.0.0
+readme: README.md
+authors:
+  - Red Hat
+description: Sample collection to use with molecule
+build_ignore:
+  - "*.egg-info"
+  - .DS_Store
+  - .eggs
+  - .gitignore
+  - .mypy_cache
+  - .pytest_cache
+  - .stestr
+  - .stestr.conf
+  - .tox
+  - .vscode
+  - MANIFEST.in
+  - build
+  - dist
+  - doc
+  - report.html
+  - setup.cfg
+  - setup.py
+  - "tests/unit/*.*"
+  - README.rst
+  - tox.ini
+
+license_file: LICENSE
diff --git a/test/test_runtime.py b/test/test_runtime.py
index 2b7de935..2af343d6 100644
--- a/test/test_runtime.py
+++ b/test/test_runtime.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from ansible_compat.runtime import (
     CompletedProcess,
     Runtime,
+    _get_galaxy_role_name,
     is_url,
     search_galaxy_paths,
 )
@@ -861,3 +862,32 @@ def test_galaxy_path(path: str, result: list[str]) -> None:
 def test_is_url(name: str, result: bool) -> None:
     """Checks functionality of is_url."""
     assert is_url(name) == result
+
+
+def test_prepare_environment_repair_broken_symlink(
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Ensure we can deal with broken symlinks in collections."""
+    caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
+    project_dir = Path(__file__).parent / "collections" / "acme.minimal"
+    runtime = Runtime(isolated=True, project_dir=project_dir)
+    assert runtime.cache_dir
+    acme = runtime.cache_dir / "collections" / "ansible_collections" / "acme"
+    acme.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    goodies = acme / "minimal"
+    rmtree(goodies, ignore_errors=True)
+    goodies.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    goodies.symlink_to("/invalid/destination")
+    runtime.prepare_environment(install_local=True)
+    assert any(
+        msg.startswith("Collection is symlinked, but not pointing to")
+        for msg in caplog.messages
+    )
+
+
+def test_get_galaxy_role_name_invalid() -> None:
+    """Verifies that function returns empty string on invalid input."""
+    galaxy_infos = {
+        "role_name": False,  # <-- invalid data, should be string
+    }
+    assert _get_galaxy_role_name(galaxy_infos) == ""
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e6c42071..88ce66a1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,8 +4,22 @@ envlist =
   lint
   pkg
   docs
-  # matrix assumed current (implicit) is 2.13:
-  py{39,310,311}{,-devel,-ansible212,-ansible213,-ansible214,-ansible215}
+  py
+  py-devel
+  py39-ansible212
+  py39-ansible213
+  py39-ansible214
+  py39-ansible215
+  py310-ansible212
+  py310-ansible213
+  py310-ansible214
+  py310-ansible215
+  py311-ansible212
+  py311-ansible213
+  py311-ansible214
+  py311-ansible215
+  py312-ansible216
+
 isolated_build = true
 skip_missing_interpreters = True
 requires =
@@ -14,18 +28,20 @@ requires =
 
 [testenv]
 description =
-  Run the tests with {basepython}
+  Run the tests
   devel: ansible devel branch
   ansible212: ansible-core 2.12
   ansible213: ansible-core 2.13
   ansible214: ansible-core 2.14
   ansible215: ansible-core 2.15
+  ansible216: ansible-core 2.16
 
 deps =
   ansible212: ansible-core>=2.12,<2.13
   ansible213: ansible-core>=2.13,<2.14
   ansible214: ansible-core>=2.14,<2.15
   ansible215: ansible-core>=2.15,<2.16
+  ansible216: ansible-core>=2.16,<2.17
 
   devel: ansible-core @ git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git@c5d18c39d81e2b3b10856b2fb76747230e4fac4a  # GPLv3+
   # avoid installing ansible-core on -devel envs:
@@ -71,7 +87,7 @@ setenv =
   PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK = 1
   PIP_CONSTRAINT = {toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   PRE_COMMIT_COLOR = always
-  PYTEST_REQPASS = 91
+  PYTEST_REQPASS = 93
   FORCE_COLOR = 1
 allowlist_externals =
   ansible
@@ -83,7 +99,7 @@ package = editable
 [testenv:lint]
 description = Run all linters
 # locked basepython is needed because to keep constrains.txt predictable
-basepython = python3.9
+basepython = python3.10
 deps =
   pre-commit>=2.6.0
 skip_install = true