diff --git a/.config/constraints.txt b/.config/constraints.txt
index 2deb5254f5..e35dbaa4a1 100644
--- a/.config/constraints.txt
+++ b/.config/constraints.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --all-extras --no-annotate --output-file=.config/constraints.txt --strip-extras --unsafe-package=resolvelib --unsafe-package=ruamel-yaml-clib --unsafe-package=wcmatch pyproject.toml
 #
-ansible-compat==4.1.11
+ansible-compat==24.5.1a0
 ansible-core==2.16.6
 astroid==3.1.0
 attrs==23.2.0
diff --git a/.config/dictionary.txt b/.config/dictionary.txt
index 50554be4da..27c781904c 100644
--- a/.config/dictionary.txt
+++ b/.config/dictionary.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 Adrián
 Autobuild
-audgirka
 CLICOLOR
 CODENOTIFY
 CODEOWNERS
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ apport
 argparsing
 argspecs
 arxcruz
+audgirka
 auditd
 autobuild
 autoclass
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ tmpfs
 toctree
 toidentifier
 tomli
+tomlsort
 toolset
 tripleo
 tuco
diff --git a/.config/requirements-lock.txt b/.config/requirements-lock.txt
index 5cf5568c00..0bbab0c0fe 100644
--- a/.config/requirements-lock.txt
+++ b/.config/requirements-lock.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --no-annotate --output-file=.config/requirements-lock.txt --strip-extras --unsafe-package=resolvelib --unsafe-package=ruamel-yaml-clib pyproject.toml
 #
-ansible-compat==4.1.11
+ansible-compat==24.5.1a0
 ansible-core==2.16.6
 attrs==23.2.0
 black==24.4.2
diff --git a/.config/requirements.in b/.config/requirements.in
index 7851701de6..ba146de7df 100644
--- a/.config/requirements.in
+++ b/.config/requirements.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Special order section for helping pip:
 will-not-work-on-windows-try-from-wsl-instead; platform_system=='Windows'
 ansible-core>=2.13.0 # GPLv3
-ansible-compat>=4.1.11 # GPLv3
+ansible-compat>=24.5.0dev0 # GPLv3
 # alphabetically sorted:
 black>=24.3.0 # MIT (security)
 filelock>=3.3.0 # The Unlicense
diff --git a/.github/lower-constraints.txt b/.github/lower-constraints.txt
index 6b6576020a..adcc82ec53 100644
--- a/.github/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/.github/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # automatically updated by dependabot. This should be kept in sync with
 # minimal requirements configured inside .config/requirements.in
 ansible-core==2.13.0
-ansible-compat==4.1.11 # GPLv3
+ansible-compat==24.5.1a0 # GPLv3
 black==24.3.0 # MIT (security)
 filelock==3.3.0 # The Unlicense
 jsonschema==4.10.0 # MIT, version needed for improved errors
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index e9c0f79b23..47d821bb5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Number of expected test passes, safety measure for accidental skip of
       # tests. Update value if you add/remove tests.
-      PYTEST_REQPASS: 858
+      PYTEST_REQPASS: 859
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bb86d5cd33..43a827febf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ repos:
         # empty args needed in order to match mypy cli behavior
         args: [--strict]
         additional_dependencies:
-          - ansible-compat>=4.1.11
+          - ansible-compat>=24.5.1a0
           - black>=22.10.0
           - cryptography>=39.0.1
           - filelock>=3.12.2
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ repos:
         args:
           - --output-format=colorized
         additional_dependencies:
-          - ansible-compat>=4.1.11
+          - ansible-compat>=24.5.1a0
           - ansible-core>=2.14.0
           - black>=22.10.0
           - docutils
diff --git a/examples/.test_collection/.ansible-lint b/examples/.test_collection/.ansible-lint
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0967ef424b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.test_collection/.ansible-lint
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/examples/playbooks/test_import_playbook.yml b/examples/playbooks/test_import_playbook.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..690950aa23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/playbooks/test_import_playbook.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: Fixture 1 for bug 4024
+  import_playbook: community.molecule.validate.yml
+- name: Fixture 2 for bug 4024
+  ansible.builtin.import_playbook: community.molecule.validate.yml
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
index b977d8b7dd..efe6e8e1a8 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ def __init__(
             checked_files = set()
         self.checked_files = checked_files
 
+        self.app = get_app(cached=True)
+
     def _update_exclude_paths(self, exclude_paths: list[str]) -> None:
         if exclude_paths:
             # These will be (potentially) relative paths
@@ -232,12 +234,12 @@ def _run(self) -> list[MatchError]:
 
         # -- phase 1 : syntax check in parallel --
         if not self.skip_ansible_syntax_check:
-            app = get_app(cached=True)
+            # app = get_app(cached=True)
 
             def worker(lintable: Lintable) -> list[MatchError]:
                 return self._get_ansible_syntax_check_matches(
                     lintable=lintable,
-                    app=app,
+                    app=self.app,
                 )
 
             for lintable in self.lintables:
@@ -518,7 +520,6 @@ def find_children(self, lintable: Lintable) -> list[Lintable]:
                 if path != path_str:
                     child.path = Path(path)
                     child.name = child.path.name
-
                 results.append(child)
         return results
 
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ def play_children(
         """Flatten the traversed play tasks."""
         # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 
-        handlers = HandleChildren(self.rules)
+        handlers = HandleChildren(self.rules, app=self.app)
 
         delegate_map: dict[
             str,
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
index 6968ce47de..12700e272d 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     AnsibleParserErrorRule,
     RuntimeErrorRule,
 )
-from ansiblelint.app import get_app
+from ansiblelint.app import App, get_app
 from ansiblelint.config import Options, options
 from ansiblelint.constants import (
     ANNOTATION_KEYS,
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ class HandleChildren:
     """Parse task, roles and children."""
 
     rules: RulesCollection = field(init=True, repr=False)
+    app: App
 
     def include_children(
         self,
@@ -307,9 +308,14 @@ def include_children(
         if not v or "{{" in v:
             return []
 
-        if "import_playbook" in k and COLLECTION_PLAY_RE.match(v):
-            # Any import_playbooks from collections should be ignored as ansible
-            # own syntax check will handle them.
+        if k in ("import_playbook", "ansible.builtin.import_playbook"):
+            included = Path(basedir) / v
+            if self.app.runtime.has_playbook(v, basedir=Path(basedir)):
+                if included.exists():
+                    return [Lintable(included, kind=parent_type)]
+                return []
+            msg = f"Failed to find {v} playbook."
+            logging.error(msg)
             return []
 
         # handle include: filename.yml tags=blah
diff --git a/test/test_import_playbook.py b/test/test_import_playbook.py
index f695581e89..27ef4541b1 100644
--- a/test/test_import_playbook.py
+++ b/test/test_import_playbook.py
@@ -17,3 +17,15 @@ def test_task_hook_import_playbook(default_rules_collection: RulesCollection) ->
     assert "Commands should not change things" in results_text
     assert "[name]" in results_text
     assert "All tasks should be named" in results_text
+
+
+def test_import_playbook_from_collection(
+    default_rules_collection: RulesCollection,
+) -> None:
+    """Assures import_playbook from collection."""
+    playbook_path = "examples/playbooks/test_import_playbook.yml"
+    runner = Runner(playbook_path, rules=default_rules_collection)
+    results = runner.run()
+
+    assert len(runner.lintables) == 1
+    assert len(results) == 0