diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 550d3473..53434a58 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -131,3 +131,10 @@ src/molecule_plugins/_version.py
 
 # Ignore generated files
 test/roles
+
+# Quilt/Patch generated files
+.pc
+patches
+*.patch
+*.orig
+*.rej
diff --git a/molecule/test-podman/molecule.yml b/molecule/test-podman/molecule.yml
index 73a3003a..930292fe 100644
--- a/molecule/test-podman/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/test-podman/molecule.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ driver:
   name: podman
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: docker.io/pycontribs/centos:8
+    image: quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
     pre_build_image: true
     published_ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:2080:80
diff --git a/src/molecule_plugins/docker/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml b/src/molecule_plugins/docker/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml
index 9b4cf081..350ea169 100644
--- a/src/molecule_plugins/docker/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml
+++ b/src/molecule_plugins/docker/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       # platforms supported as being managed by molecule/ansible, this does
       # not mean molecule itself can run on them.
       - image: alpine:edge
-      - image: quay.io/centos/centos:stream8
+      - image: quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
       - image: ubuntu:latest
       - image: debian:latest
   tags:
diff --git a/src/molecule_plugins/podman/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml b/src/molecule_plugins/podman/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml
index 98e0b249..7238992c 100644
--- a/src/molecule_plugins/podman/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml
+++ b/src/molecule_plugins/podman/playbooks/validate-dockerfile.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
       # platforms supported as being managed by molecule/ansible, this does
       # not mean molecule itself can run on them.
       - image: alpine:edge
-      - image: centos:7
-      # - image: centos:8
+      - image: quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
       - image: ubuntu:latest
       - image: debian:latest
   tasks:
     - name: Create isolated build directories for each image
       ansible.builtin.tempfile:
-        prefix: "molecule-dockerfile-{{ item.image }}"
+        prefix: "molecule-dockerfile-{{ item.image | replace('/', '-') }}"
         state: directory
       register: temp_image_dirs
       with_items: "{{ platforms }}"
diff --git a/test/azure/functional/test_azure.py b/test/azure/functional/test_azure.py
index 94a64d23..ffe94689 100644
--- a/test/azure/functional/test_azure.py
+++ b/test/azure/functional/test_azure.py
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ def test_azure_command_init_scenario(temp_dir):
 
         assert os.path.isdir(scenario_directory)
 
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "create.yml"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "destroy.yml"))
+
         # temporary trick to pass on CI/CD
         if "AZURE_SECRET" in os.environ:
             cmd = ["molecule", "test", "-s", "test-scenario"]
diff --git a/test/docker/scenarios/env-substitution/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/test/docker/scenarios/env-substitution/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 378b1abe..e29d82ea 100644
--- a/test/docker/scenarios/env-substitution/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/test/docker/scenarios/env-substitution/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance-${DOES_NOT_EXIST:-local}
-    image: ${MOLECULE_ROLE_IMAGE:-centos:7}
+    image: ${MOLECULE_ROLE_IMAGE:-quay.io/centos/centos:stream9}
     pre_build_image: false
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
diff --git a/test/ec2/functional/test_ec2.py b/test/ec2/functional/test_ec2.py
index 0ef21fc1..e546a442 100644
--- a/test/ec2/functional/test_ec2.py
+++ b/test/ec2/functional/test_ec2.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def test_ec2_command_init_scenario(temp_dir):
         assert run_command(cmd).returncode == 0
 
         assert os.path.isdir(scenario_directory)
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "create.yml"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "destroy.yml"))
 
         cmd = ["molecule", "test", "-s", "test-scenario"]
         assert run_command(cmd).returncode == 0
diff --git a/test/gce/functional/test_func.py b/test/gce/functional/test_func.py
index cd1c5ea3..8fe05f15 100644
--- a/test/gce/functional/test_func.py
+++ b/test/gce/functional/test_func.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def test_gce_command_init_scenario(temp_dir):
         assert run_command(cmd).returncode == 0
 
         assert os.path.isdir(scenario_directory)
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "create.yml"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "destroy.yml"))
 
         cmd = ["molecule", "test", "-s", "test-scenario"]
         assert run_command(cmd).returncode == 0
diff --git a/test/openstack/test_func.py b/test/openstack/test_func.py
index 2e3422a0..44e57c5b 100644
--- a/test/openstack/test_func.py
+++ b/test/openstack/test_func.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ def test_openstack_init_and_test_scenario(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, DRIVER: str) -
         assert result.returncode == 0
 
         assert scenario_directory.exists()
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "create.yml"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "destroy.yml"))
 
         confpath = os.path.join(scenario_directory, "molecule.yml")
         testconf = os.path.join(
diff --git a/test/vagrant/__init__.py b/test/vagrant-plugin/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/__init__.py
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/__init__.py
diff --git a/test/vagrant/functional/__init__.py b/test/vagrant-plugin/functional/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/functional/__init__.py
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/functional/__init__.py
diff --git a/test/vagrant/functional/conftest.py b/test/vagrant-plugin/functional/conftest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/functional/conftest.py
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/functional/conftest.py
diff --git a/test/vagrant/functional/test_func.py b/test/vagrant-plugin/functional/test_func.py
similarity index 95%
rename from test/vagrant/functional/test_func.py
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/functional/test_func.py
index b0d48f53..9fedef4e 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/functional/test_func.py
+++ b/test/vagrant-plugin/functional/test_func.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import shutil
 
 import pytest
-
 import vagrant
+
 from conftest import change_dir_to
 from molecule import logger, util
 from molecule.scenario import ephemeral_directory
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ def test_vagrant_command_init_scenario(temp_dir):
         assert result.returncode == 0
 
         assert os.path.isdir(scenario_directory)
+
+        # Clean unwanted default create/destroy files from molecule init
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "create.yml"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(scenario_directory, "destroy.yml"))
+
         confpath = os.path.join(scenario_directory, "molecule.yml")
         conf = util.safe_load_file(confpath)
         env = os.environ
@@ -71,7 +76,6 @@ def test_vagrant_command_init_scenario(temp_dir):
         if "vagrant-libvirt" in [x.name for x in vagrant.Vagrant().plugin_list()]:
             conf["driver"]["provider"] = {"name": "libvirt"}
         util.write_file(confpath, util.safe_dump(conf))
-
         cmd = ["molecule", "--debug", "test", "-s", "test-scenario"]
         result = run_command(cmd)
         assert result.returncode == 0
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ def test_invalid_settings(temp_dir):
         ("provider_config_options"),
         ("default"),
         ("default-compat"),
+        ("box_url"),
         ("network"),
         ("hostname"),
     ],
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/config_options/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/box_url/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/config_options/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/box_url/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/box_url/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/box_url/molecule.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d3fb20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/box_url/molecule.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+dependency:
+  name: galaxy
+driver:
+  name: vagrant
+  provider:
+    name: libvirt
+platforms:
+  - name: instance
+    box: centos/stream9
+    box_url: "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-Vagrant-9-20230704.1.x86_64.vagrant-libvirt.box"
+    box_download_checksum: "8a9fe7e8083421047e5404131daa007b4c1bcc466f3d9b29d0e7c7e432891a0e"
+    box_download_checksum_type: "sha256"
+provisioner:
+  name: ansible
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/config_options/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/config_options/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/config_options/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/config_options/molecule.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/config_options/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/config_options/molecule.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/config_options/verify.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/config_options/verify.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/config_options/verify.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/config_options/verify.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/create.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/create.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/create.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/create.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/destroy.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/destroy.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/destroy.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/destroy.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/molecule.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default-compat/molecule.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/hostname/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/hostname/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default/molecule.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/default/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/default/molecule.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/invalid/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/hostname/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/invalid/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/hostname/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/hostname/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/hostname/molecule.yml
similarity index 73%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/hostname/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/hostname/molecule.yml
index c50ff93e..761515af 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/hostname/molecule.yml
+++ b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/hostname/molecule.yml
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ driver:
     name: libvirt
 platforms:
   - name: instance-1
-    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/jessie64}
+    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/bookworm64}
     memory: 256
     cpus: 1
   - name: instance-2
     hostname: instance.example.com
-    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/jessie64}
+    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/bookworm64}
     memory: 256
     cpus: 1
   - name: instance-3
     hostname: false
-    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/jessie64}
+    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/bookworm64}
     memory: 256
     cpus: 1
 provisioner:
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/hostname/verify.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/hostname/verify.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/hostname/verify.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/hostname/verify.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/invalid/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/invalid/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/invalid/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/invalid/molecule.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/invalid/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/invalid/molecule.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/network/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/network/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/molecule.yml
similarity index 62%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/molecule.yml
index 52e1488f..751bcf7e 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/molecule.yml
+++ b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/molecule.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ driver:
     name: libvirt
 platforms:
   - name: instance-1
-    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/stretch64}
+    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/bookworm64}
     interfaces:
       - network_name: private_network
         ip: 192.168.56.2
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ platforms:
     instance_raw_config_args:
       - 'vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "rsync"'
   - name: instance-2
-    box: ${TESTBOX:-centos/7}
+    box: ${TESTBOX:-debian/bookworm64}
     interfaces:
       - network_name: private_network
         ip: 192.168.56.3
@@ -38,11 +38,5 @@ platforms:
       qemu_use_session: false
     instance_raw_config_args:
       - 'vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "rsync"'
-    # https://blog.centos.org/2020/05/updated-centos-vagrant-images-available-v2004-01/
-    # curl http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/vagrant/x86_64/images/sha256sum.txt.asc -o sha256sum.txt.asc
-    box_url: "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/vagrant/x86_64/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-Vagrant-2004_01.VirtualBox.box"
-    box_version: "2004.01"
-    box_download_checksum: "7e83943defcb5c4e9bebbe4184cce4585c82805a15e936b01b1e893b63dee2c5"
-    box_download_checksum_type: "sha256"
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/verify.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/verify.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/verify.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/multi-node/verify.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/network/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/network/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/network/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/network/molecule.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/network/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/network/molecule.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/network/verify.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/network/verify.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/network/verify.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/network/verify.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/converge.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/converge.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/converge.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/molecule.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/molecule.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/verify.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/verify.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/verify.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/provider_config_options/verify.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/converge.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/converge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a63f9e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/converge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: false
+  become: true
+  tasks:
+    - name: Sample task # noqa command-instead-of-shell
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: uname
+      changed_when: false
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/molecule.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/molecule.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/molecule.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/molecule.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/verify.yml b/test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/verify.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/verify.yml
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/scenarios/molecule/vagrant_root/verify.yml
diff --git a/test/vagrant/test_driver.py b/test/vagrant-plugin/test_driver.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vagrant/test_driver.py
rename to test/vagrant-plugin/test_driver.py
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f6b0cd3f..ee38120a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ setenv =
     # This should pass these args to molecule, no effect here as this is the default
     # but it validates that it accepts extra params.
     MOLECULE_OPTS=--destroy always
+    TESTBOX={env:TESTBOX:testbox}
 passenv =
     CI
     CURL_CA_BUNDLE