diff --git a/.github/workflows/molecule.yml b/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
index aa449cc78..884b18ef4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
           - distro: debian10
             tag: latest
             namespace: geerlingguy
+          - distro: ubuntu2404
+            tag: latest
+            namespace: geerlingguy
           - distro: ubuntu2204
             tag: latest
             namespace: geerlingguy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule_pg_ubuntu2404.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule_pg_ubuntu2404.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cb33dc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule_pg_ubuntu2404.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+name: scheduled PostgreSQL (Ubuntu 24.04)
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 0 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Set TERM environment variable
+        run: echo "TERM=xterm" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: make bootstrap-dev
+
+      - name: Run Molecule tests
+        run: make molecule-test
+        env:
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          IMAGE_DISTRO: ubuntu2404
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a4ee7a56..a321799c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ RedHat and Debian based distros (x86_64)
 
 ###### Supported Linux Distributions:
 - **Debian**: 10, 11, 12
-- **Ubuntu**: 20.04, 22.04
+- **Ubuntu**: 20.04, 22.04, 24.04
 - **CentOS Stream**: 9
 - **Oracle Linux**: 8, 9
 - **Rocky Linux**: 8, 9
diff --git a/files/requirements.txt b/files/requirements.txt
index 3b7215500..a67121a52 100644
--- a/files/requirements.txt
+++ b/files/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ python-consul>=0.7.1
 click>=4.1
 prettytable>=0.7
 python-dateutil
-pysyncobj>=0.3.8
 psutil>=2.0.0
 ydiff>=1.2.0
 pexpect==4.9.0
diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 68c906337..c98d42b52 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
       delegate_to: localhost
       run_once: true # noqa run-once
 
+    # Consul package for OracleLinux, Debian 10 (EOL) missing in HashiCorp repository
+    # Only the installation of a binary file is supported
+    - name: "Set variables: 'consul_install_from_repo: false' and 'patroni_installation_method: pip'"
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        consul_install_from_repo: false  # whether to install consul from repository as opposed to installing the binary directly
+        patroni_installation_method: "pip"  # the "rpm" method is supported only for consul installed from the repository
+      when:
+        - dcs_type == "consul"
+        - ansible_distribution == "OracleLinux" or
+          (ansible_distribution == "Debian" and ansible_distribution_major_version == '10')
+
     - name: Set variables for custom PostgreSQL data and WAL directory test
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         postgresql_data_dir: "/pgdata/{{ postgresql_version }}/main"
@@ -41,9 +52,6 @@
     - name: Set variables for TimescaleDB cluster deployment test
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         enable_timescale: true
-      when:
-        - not (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '<'))
-        - not (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_version is version('11', '>')) # TODO Debian 12
 
     - name: Set variables for PostgreSQL Cluster update test
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
diff --git a/molecule/pg_upgrade/converge.yml b/molecule/pg_upgrade/converge.yml
index 7c656d697..6f57f7295 100644
--- a/molecule/pg_upgrade/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/pg_upgrade/converge.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@
       delegate_to: localhost
       run_once: true # noqa run-once
 
+    # Consul package for OracleLinux, Debian 10 (EOL) missing in HashiCorp repository
+    # Only the installation of a binary file is supported
+    - name: "Set variables: 'consul_install_from_repo: false' and 'patroni_installation_method: pip'"
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        consul_install_from_repo: false  # whether to install consul from repository as opposed to installing the binary directly
+        patroni_installation_method: "pip"  # the "rpm" method is supported only for consul installed from the repository
+      when:
+        - dcs_type == "consul"
+        - ansible_distribution == "OracleLinux" or
+          (ansible_distribution == "Debian" and ansible_distribution_major_version == '10')
+
     - name: Set variables for custom PostgreSQL data and WAL directory test
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         postgresql_data_dir: "/pgdata/{{ postgresql_version }}/main"
@@ -29,10 +40,7 @@
 
     - name: Set variables for TimescaleDB cluster deployment test
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        enable_timescale: false # TODO (enable when adding PostgreSQL 16 support)
-      when:
-        - not (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '<'))
-        - not (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_version is version('11', '>')) # TODO Debian 12
+        enable_timescale: true
 
     - name: Set variables for PostgreSQL upgrade test
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
diff --git a/roles/consul/files/consul_1.15.8_SHA256SUMS b/roles/consul/files/consul_1.15.8_SHA256SUMS
deleted file mode 100644
index 734b47a95..000000000
--- a/roles/consul/files/consul_1.15.8_SHA256SUMS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-53624578f2cf4826cbd6d001172870857ebd763402dff02f3b6fc90250167867  consul_1.15.8_darwin_amd64.zip
-502a8788c3391a5b5f01ad64dfe1eb39c057c9ed1f26e1348168bde2204a02ea  consul_1.15.8_darwin_arm64.zip
-74a21f3c39eb1f3f6d5d17f5d36fdf3e9137d1d0a4cf9beeef7a017a9d1ea7ce  consul_1.15.8_freebsd_386.zip
-4cf47e8a89cb3dcdea5b5c66bcc829c59dca2c412bcc2d4e47951aec999a6c7e  consul_1.15.8_freebsd_amd64.zip
-e659ea683944674d3a7541606549dc1dae721eac8c6e8ebcfe28fe6897e4d6b1  consul_1.15.8_linux_386.zip
-abe294b24db29cab2ce44601ed182f95d2e6d390191f5937136242ebcd8d4ad8  consul_1.15.8_linux_amd64.zip
-796c10fa3b2e5bc74a07448a9db81fdc62c33b2761e764939df4adb9655efdd6  consul_1.15.8_linux_arm.zip
-b9045049c665e096a4e10b40787a6d222c3a2b8778d8393fcf1732495d980864  consul_1.15.8_linux_arm64.zip
-a30bfbb7264def46577088447d229c746dddc474313a6233189263946a496dcb  consul_1.15.8_solaris_amd64.zip
-c173a55fb7d7973922edd4a996a34a43dbec6c7015b75629bda19b55d677f6ec  consul_1.15.8_windows_386.zip
-a26ab8dbc7b2665184bd663b7c8b3f45e867ce9239a16f15ac67cdead14d7954  consul_1.15.8_windows_amd64.zip
diff --git a/roles/consul/files/consul_1.19.1_SHA256SUMS b/roles/consul/files/consul_1.19.1_SHA256SUMS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6e1606fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/consul/files/consul_1.19.1_SHA256SUMS
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+0b3b78d11d31a66938c9a90f5a9361e8363a43688f7f25fe300e37a95373d209  consul_1.19.1_darwin_amd64.zip
+f2fc99fa8fb5e193f3ceefc7594f11200fa539ddfa8800c5925c59f62facee48  consul_1.19.1_darwin_arm64.zip
+e0294fdcaa198fd15b058b5500c4847ee4d0b002b2b4665b8322e0668e879f94  consul_1.19.1_freebsd_386.zip
+2229d8ace4066f3cf51031dae00c4fc05d3025b98bc300def6e717134aafa9c5  consul_1.19.1_freebsd_amd64.zip
+87431003ee2c0caf86d827a0dfb43fc285ed9d4864f35d505a116f4744d496ca  consul_1.19.1_linux_386.zip
+aa48085aaa6f4130d0f1ee98c416dcd51b1b0f980d34f5b91834fd5b3387891c  consul_1.19.1_linux_amd64.zip
+a4a54fd0ca6991d48d617311dfb1623d6030140a10c005ad33809dad864da239  consul_1.19.1_linux_arm.zip
+9699e5a2b85b4447a81b01138c3e0ef42dbcdd9df4f04e9318af9017aae73cc4  consul_1.19.1_linux_arm64.zip
+ed81780dd374a00292f864ac457e28feffb637964acc397c9cd2676ca565041b  consul_1.19.1_solaris_amd64.zip
+5e6cc24d3219c1c331f9b39ade2961b9948c86e254a214751b921b4027f168a5  consul_1.19.1_windows_386.zip
+a33bed52d6004c956b5b9a1fa6659477a32db14a07d37425f9ed96a6b1eaeae2  consul_1.19.1_windows_amd64.zip
diff --git a/roles/consul/files/consul_1.15.8_linux_amd64.zip b/roles/consul/files/consul_1.19.1_linux_amd64.zip
similarity index 76%
rename from roles/consul/files/consul_1.15.8_linux_amd64.zip
rename to roles/consul/files/consul_1.19.1_linux_amd64.zip
index 2ebe986c8..6648b4338 100644
Binary files a/roles/consul/files/consul_1.15.8_linux_amd64.zip and b/roles/consul/files/consul_1.19.1_linux_amd64.zip differ
diff --git a/roles/consul/tasks/install_linux_repo.yml b/roles/consul/tasks/install_linux_repo.yml
index 65539e748..3e70ae534 100644
--- a/roles/consul/tasks/install_linux_repo.yml
+++ b/roles/consul/tasks/install_linux_repo.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   delay: 5
   retries: 3
   become: true
-  when: (consul_os_repo_prerequisites)
+  when: consul_os_repo_prerequisites | default(true) | bool
   tags: installation
 
 - name: Gather the package facts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 - name: Install repository
   block:
-    - name: Add Redhat/CentOS/Fedora/Amazon Linux repository
+    - name: Add hashicorp repository
       ansible.builtin.command: "yum-config-manager --add-repo {{ consul_repo_url }}"
       args:
         creates: /etc/yum.repos.d/hashicorp.repo
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         state: present
       when: "ansible_os_family|lower == 'debian'"
 
-    - name: Add Debian/Ubuntu Linux repository
+    - name: Add hashicorp repository
       ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
         repo: "deb {{ consul_repo_url }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
         state: present
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 
 - name: Install consul package
   ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: "consul{{ '=' if ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt' else '-' }}{{ consul_version }}"
-    state: present
+    name: consul
+    state: latest
   register: package_status
   until: package_status is success
   delay: 5
diff --git a/roles/consul/vars/RedHat-8.yml b/roles/consul/vars/RedHat-8.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c1b1b475d..000000000
--- a/roles/consul/vars/RedHat-8.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-# File: RedHat-8.yml - Red Hat OS version 8.x variables for Consul
-
-consul_os_packages:
-  - python3-libselinux
-  - unzip
-dnsmasq_package: dnsmasq
diff --git a/roles/consul/vars/RedHat.yml b/roles/consul/vars/RedHat.yml
index 958b435d7..17157c199 100644
--- a/roles/consul/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/roles/consul/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 # File: RedHat.yml - Red Hat OS variables for Consul
 
 consul_os_packages:
-  - "{{ 'libselinux-python' if (ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' and ansible_distribution_version is version('28', '<')) or
-    (ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' and ansible_distribution_version is version('8', '<')) or
-    (ansible_distribution == 'Amazon' and ansible_distribution_version is version('3', '<')) or
-    (ansible_distribution == 'OracleLinux' and ansible_distribution_version is version('8', '<')) else 'python3-libselinux' }}"
+  - python3-libselinux
   - unzip
 
 consul_repo_prerequisites:
diff --git a/roles/consul/vars/Rocky-8.yml b/roles/consul/vars/Rocky-8.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a15ecaf66..000000000
--- a/roles/consul/vars/Rocky-8.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-# File: Rocky-8.yml - Rocky Linux version 8.x variables for Consul
-
-consul_os_packages:
-  - python3-libselinux
-  - unzip
diff --git a/roles/cron/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cron/tasks/main.yml
index 74fd32e88..e37adc682 100644
--- a/roles/cron/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cron/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
   delay: 5
   retries: 3
   environment: "{{ proxy_env | default({}) }}"
-  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+  when:
+    - cron_jobs is defined and cron_jobs | length > 0
+    - ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
   tags: cron
 
 - name: Make sure that the cron package is installed
@@ -22,7 +24,9 @@
   delay: 5
   retries: 3
   environment: "{{ proxy_env | default({}) }}"
-  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+  when:
+    - cron_jobs is defined and cron_jobs | length > 0
+    - ansible_os_family == "Debian"
   tags: cron
 
 - name: Add cron jobs
diff --git a/vars/Debian.yml b/vars/Debian.yml
index e10e3e115..15534b885 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ os_specific_packages:
   Debian-12: [python3]  # python 2 is not required
   Ubuntu-20: [python3]  # python 2 is not required
   Ubuntu-22: [python3]  # python 2 is not required
+  Ubuntu-24: [python3]  # python 2 is not required
 system_packages:
   - "{{ os_specific_packages[ansible_distribution ~ '-' ~ ansible_distribution_major_version] }}"
   - python3
@@ -70,51 +71,32 @@ etcd_package_repo: "https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download/v{{ etcd_v
 vip_manager_package_repo:
   "https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/vip-manager/releases/download/v{{ vip_manager_version }}/vip-manager_{{ vip_manager_version }}_Linux_x86_64.deb"
 
-# (if with_haproxy_load_balancing: true)
-haproxy_installation_method: "deb"  # (default)"deb" or "src"
-haproxy_install_repo: true  # or 'false'
-# for Debian 10 the haproxy version 1.8 (LTS) will be installed from the haproxy.debian.net repository.
-# you can preload the haproxy deb packages to your APT repository (in this case specify "haproxy_install_repo: false").
-confd_package_repo: "https://github.com/kelseyhightower/confd/releases/download/v0.16.0/confd-0.16.0-linux-amd64"
+installation_method: "repo"  # "repo" (default) or "file"
 
-# (optional) if haproxy_installation_method: 'src'
-haproxy_major: "1.8"
-haproxy_version: "1.8.25"  # version to build from source
-lua_src_repo: "https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz"  # required for build haproxy
-haproxy_src_repo: "https://www.haproxy.org/download/{{ haproxy_major }}/src/haproxy-{{ haproxy_version }}.tar.gz"
-haproxy_compile_requirements:
-  - unzip
-  - gzip
-  - make
-  - gcc
-  - build-essential
-  - libc6-dev
-  - libpcre3-dev
-  - liblua5.3-dev
-  - libreadline-dev
-  - zlib1g-dev
-  - libsystemd-dev
-  - ca-certificates
-  - libssl-dev
+# The Patroni package will be installed from the deb package by default.
+# You also have the option of choosing an installation method using the pip package.
+patroni_installation_method: "deb"  # "deb" (default) or "pip"
 
-# You can also use your own repository for extra packages. You need to preload all the packages and change this URLs.
-installation_method: "repo"  # (default)"repo" or "file"
+# if patroni_installation_method: "pip"
+patroni_install_version: "latest"  # or a specific version (e.q., '3.3.2')
 
-# Patroni package will be installed from the pip (by default).
-# You also have the option of choosing an patroni installation method using the deb package.
-patroni_installation_method: "pip"  # (default)"pip" or "deb"
 # if patroni_installation_method: "deb"
 patroni_packages:
   - patroni
+  - python3-{{ dcs_type }}
+
+# if patroni_installation_method: "deb" (optional)
+# You can preload the patroni deb package to your APT repository, or explicitly specify the path to the package in this variable:
+patroni_deb_package_repo: []
+#  - "https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/patroni/patroni_3.3.0-1.pgdg22.04%2B1_all.deb"  # (package for Ubuntu 22.04)
 
-# (if patroni_installation_type: "pip")
-# Packages from your repository will be used to install instead of the pip repository.
+# if patroni_installation_method: "pip" (optional)
+# Packages from your repository will be used to install. By default, it is installed from the public pip repository.
 pip_package_repo: "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"  # latest version pip3 for python3 (or use "pip-<version>.tar.gz").
 patroni_pip_requirements_repo: []
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/setuptools-41.2.0.zip"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/setuptools_scm-3.3.3.tar.gz"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/urllib3-1.24.3.tar.gz"
-#  - "http://my-repo.url/boto-2.49.0.tar.gz"  # (interfaces to Amazon Web Services)
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/PyYAML-5.1.2.tar.gz"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/chardet-3.0.4.tar.gz"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/idna-2.8.tar.gz"
@@ -135,56 +117,83 @@ patroni_pip_requirements_repo: []
 patroni_pip_package_repo: []
 # - "http://my-repo.url/patroni-1.6.0.tar.gz"
 
-# ( if patroni_installation_type: "deb" )
-# You can preload the patroni deb package to your APT repository, or explicitly specify the path to the package in this variable:
-patroni_deb_package_repo: []
-#  - "https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/patroni/patroni_2.1.4-2.pgdg22.04%2B1_all.deb"  # (package for Ubuntu 22.04)
+# if with_haproxy_load_balancing: true
+haproxy_installation_method: "deb"  # "deb" (default) or "src"
+haproxy_install_repo: true  # or 'false'
+# for Debian 10 the haproxy version 1.8 (LTS) will be installed from the haproxy.debian.net repository.
+# you can preload the haproxy deb packages to your APT repository (in this case specify "haproxy_install_repo: false").
+confd_package_repo: "https://github.com/kelseyhightower/confd/releases/download/v0.16.0/confd-0.16.0-linux-amd64"
+
+# if haproxy_installation_method: 'src' (optional)
+haproxy_major: "1.8"
+haproxy_version: "1.8.31"  # version to build from source
+lua_src_repo: "https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz"  # required for build haproxy
+haproxy_src_repo: "https://www.haproxy.org/download/{{ haproxy_major }}/src/haproxy-{{ haproxy_version }}.tar.gz"
+haproxy_compile_requirements:
+  - unzip
+  - gzip
+  - make
+  - gcc
+  - build-essential
+  - libc6-dev
+  - libpcre3-dev
+  - liblua5.3-dev
+  - libreadline-dev
+  - zlib1g-dev
+  - libsystemd-dev
+  - ca-certificates
+  - libssl-dev
 
 
 # ================================================================================================= #
-# (optional) if installation_method: "file"
+# Offline installation (if installation_method: "file")
+#
 # You can also download the necessary packages into postgresql_cluster/files/ directory.
 # Packages from this directory will be used for installation.
-pip_package_file: "pip-19.2.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pip/#files
-patroni_pip_requirements_file:
-  - "setuptools-41.2.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/#files
-  - "setuptools_scm-3.3.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-scm/#files
-  - "urllib3-1.24.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/urllib3/1.24.3/#files
-  - "boto-2.49.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/boto/#files # (interfaces to Amazon Web Services)
-  - "PyYAML-5.1.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PyYAML/#files
-  - "chardet-3.0.4.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/chardet/#files # (required for "requests")
-  - "idna-2.8.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/idna/#files    # (required for "requests")
-  - "certifi-2019.9.11.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/certifi/#files # (required for "requests")
-  - "requests-2.22.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/requests/#files
-  - "six-1.12.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/six/#files
-  - "kazoo-2.6.1.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/kazoo/#files
-  - "dnspython-1.16.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/dnspython/#files # (required for "python-etcd")
-  - "python-etcd-0.4.5.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-etcd/#files
-  - "Click-7.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/click/#files
-  - "prettytable-0.7.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PrettyTable/#files
-  - "pytz-2019.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pytz/#files # (required for "tzlocal")
-  - "tzlocal-2.0.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/tzlocal/#files
-  - "wheel-0.33.6.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/wheel/#files
-  - "python-dateutil-2.8.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-dateutil/#files
-  - "psutil-5.6.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/psutil/#files
-  - "cdiff-1.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/cdiff/#files
-patroni_pip_package_file:
-  - "patroni-1.6.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/patroni/#files
-
-# ( if installation_method: "file" and patroni_installation_type: "deb")
-patroni_deb_package_file: "patroni_2.1.4-2.pgdg22.04+1_all.deb"  # (package for Ubuntu 22.04) https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/patroni/
+
+# if installation_method: "file" and patroni_installation_method: "deb"
+patroni_deb_package_file: "patroni_3.3.0-1.pgdg22.04%2B1_all.deb"
+# (package for Ubuntu 22.04) https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/patroni/
+
+# if installation_method: "file" and patroni_installation_method: "pip"
+pip_package_file: "pip-24.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pip/#files
+patroni_pip_requirements_file: []
+#  - "setuptools-41.2.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/#files
+#  - "setuptools_scm-3.3.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-scm/#files
+#  - "urllib3-1.24.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/urllib3/1.24.3/#files
+#  - "PyYAML-5.1.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PyYAML/#files
+#  - "chardet-3.0.4.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/chardet/#files # (required for "requests")
+#  - "idna-2.8.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/idna/#files    # (required for "requests")
+#  - "certifi-2019.9.11.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/certifi/#files # (required for "requests")
+#  - "requests-2.22.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/requests/#files
+#  - "six-1.12.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/six/#files
+#  - "kazoo-2.6.1.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/kazoo/#files
+#  - "dnspython-1.16.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/dnspython/#files # (required for "python-etcd")
+#  - "python-etcd-0.4.5.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-etcd/#files
+#  - "Click-7.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/click/#files
+#  - "prettytable-0.7.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PrettyTable/#files
+#  - "pytz-2019.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pytz/#files # (required for "tzlocal")
+#  - "tzlocal-2.0.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/tzlocal/#files
+#  - "wheel-0.33.6.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/wheel/#files
+#  - "python-dateutil-2.8.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-dateutil/#files
+#  - "psutil-5.6.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/psutil/#files
+#  - "cdiff-1.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/cdiff/#files
+patroni_pip_package_file: []
+#  - "patroni-3.3.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/patroni/#files
 
 # additional packages
-etcd_package_file: "etcd-v3.3.27-linux-amd64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases
-wal_g_package_file: "wal-g.linux-amd64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases
-vip_manager_package_file: "vip-manager_1.0.2-1_amd64.deb"  # https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/vip-manager/releases
-# (if with_haproxy_load_balancing: true)
+etcd_package_file: "etcd-v3.5.15-linux-amd64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases
+vip_manager_package_file: "vip-manager_2.6.0_Linux_x86_64.deb"  # https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/vip-manager/releases
+wal_g_package_file: "wal-g-pg-ubuntu20.04-aarch64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases
+
+# if with_haproxy_load_balancing: true
 haproxy_package_file: []
-#  - "haproxy_1.8.21-1~bpo9+1_amd64.deb"
+#  - "haproxy_1.8.25-1~bpo9+1_amd64.deb"
 confd_package_file: "confd-0.16.0-linux-amd64"  # https://github.com/kelseyhightower/confd/releases
-# (optional) if haproxy_installation_method: 'src'
+
+# if haproxy_installation_method: 'src' (optional)
 lua_src_file: "lua-5.3.5.tar.gz"  # https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz (required for build haproxy)
-haproxy_src_file: "haproxy-1.8.20.tar.gz"  # http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/src/
+haproxy_src_file: "haproxy-1.8.31.tar.gz"  # http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/src/
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # (optional) Specify additional deb packages if required (for any installation_method)
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yml b/vars/RedHat.yml
index 693b770ea..fd680b970 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ install_postgresql_repo: true  # or 'false' (installed from the package "pgdg-re
 install_scl_repo: true  # or 'false' (Redhat 7 family only)
 
 # Packages (for yum repo)
-python_version: "3.11"
+python_version: "3"  # override the version (e.q, 3.11) only if patroni_installation_method: "pip" is used
 
 os_specific_packages:
   RedHat-7:
@@ -95,52 +95,32 @@ etcd_package_repo: "https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download/v{{ etcd_v
 vip_manager_package_repo:
   "https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/vip-manager/releases/download/v{{ vip_manager_version }}/vip-manager_{{ vip_manager_version }}_Linux_x86_64.rpm"
 
-# (if with_haproxy_load_balancing: true)
-haproxy_installation_method: "rpm"  # (default)"rpm" or "src"
-haproxy_install_repo: true  # or 'false' # only for RedHat/CentOS version 7.
-# For RedHat/CentOS/OracleLinux 7 the haproxy version 1.8 (LTS)
-# will be installed from the "rh-haproxy18" package from the Software Collections (SCL) repository.
-# You can preload the haproxy rpm packages to your YUM repository (in this case specify "haproxy_install_repo: false").
-confd_package_repo: "https://github.com/kelseyhightower/confd/releases/download/v0.16.0/confd-0.16.0-linux-amd64"
+installation_method: "repo"  # "repo" (default) or "file"
 
-# (optional) if haproxy_installation_method: 'src'
-haproxy_major: "1.8"
-haproxy_version: "1.8.25"  # version to build from source
-lua_src_repo: "https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz"  # required for build haproxy
-haproxy_src_repo: "https://www.haproxy.org/download/{{ haproxy_major }}/src/haproxy-{{ haproxy_version }}.tar.gz"
-haproxy_compile_requirements:
-  - unzip
-  - gzip
-  - make
-  - gcc
-  - gcc-c++
-  - pcre-devel
-  - zlib-devel
-  - readline-devel
-  - openssl
-  - openssl-devel
-  - openssl-libs
-  - systemd-devel
+# The Patroni package will be installed from the rpm package by default.
+# You also have the option of choosing an installation method using the pip package.
+patroni_installation_method: "rpm"  # "rpm" (default) or "pip"
 
-# You can also use your own repository for extra packages. You need to preload all the packages and change this URLs.
-installation_method: "repo"  # (default)"repo" or "file"
+# if patroni_installation_method: "pip"
+patroni_install_version: "latest"  # or a specific version (e.q., '3.3.2')
 
-# Patroni package will be installed from the pip repository (by default).
-# You also have the option of choosing an patroni installation method using the rpm package.
-patroni_installation_method: "pip"  # (default)"pip" or "rpm"
 # if patroni_installation_method: "rpm"
 patroni_packages:
   - patroni
-  - patroni-etcd
+  - patroni-{{ dcs_type }}
+
+# if patroni_installation_method: "rpm" (optional)
+# You can preload the patroni rpm package to your YUM repository, or explicitly specify the path to the package in this variable:
+patroni_rpm_package_repo: []
+#  - "https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/rhel-8-x86_64/patroni-3.3.2-1PGDG.rhel8.noarch.rpm"  # (package for RHEL 8)
 
-# (if patroni_installation_type: "pip")
-# Packages from your repository will be used to install instead of the pip repository.
+# if patroni_installation_method: "pip" (optional)
+# Packages from your repository will be used to install. By default, it is installed from the public pip repository.
 pip_package_repo: "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"  # latest version pip3 for python3 (or use "pip-<version>.tar.gz").
 patroni_pip_requirements_repo: []
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/setuptools-41.2.0.zip"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/setuptools_scm-3.3.3.tar.gz"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/urllib3-1.24.3.tar.gz"
-#  - "http://my-repo.url/boto-2.49.0.tar.gz" # (interfaces to Amazon Web Services)
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/PyYAML-5.1.2.tar.gz"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/chardet-3.0.4.tar.gz"
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/idna-2.8.tar.gz"
@@ -161,60 +141,84 @@ patroni_pip_requirements_repo: []
 patroni_pip_package_repo: []
 #  - "http://my-repo.url/patroni-1.6.0.tar.gz"
 
-# (if patroni_installation_type: "rpm")
-# You can preload the patroni rpm package to your YUM repository, or explicitly specify the path to the package in this variable:
-patroni_rpm_package_repo: []
-#  - "https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/rhel-8-x86_64/patroni-2.1.4-1.rhel8.x86_64.rpm"  # (package for RHEL/CentOS 8)
+# if with_haproxy_load_balancing: true
+haproxy_installation_method: "rpm"  # "rpm" (default) or "src"
+haproxy_install_repo: true  # or 'false' # only for RedHat/CentOS version 7.
+# For RedHat/CentOS/OracleLinux 7 the haproxy version 1.8 (LTS)
+# will be installed from the "rh-haproxy18" package from the Software Collections (SCL) repository.
+# You can preload the haproxy rpm packages to your YUM repository (in this case specify "haproxy_install_repo: false").
+confd_package_repo: "https://github.com/kelseyhightower/confd/releases/download/v0.16.0/confd-0.16.0-linux-amd64"
+
+# if haproxy_installation_method: 'src' (optional)
+haproxy_major: "1.8"
+haproxy_version: "1.8.31"  # version to build from source
+lua_src_repo: "https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz"  # required for build haproxy
+haproxy_src_repo: "https://www.haproxy.org/download/{{ haproxy_major }}/src/haproxy-{{ haproxy_version }}.tar.gz"
+haproxy_compile_requirements:
+  - unzip
+  - gzip
+  - make
+  - gcc
+  - gcc-c++
+  - pcre-devel
+  - zlib-devel
+  - readline-devel
+  - openssl
+  - openssl-devel
+  - openssl-libs
+  - systemd-devel
 
 
 # ================================================================================================= #
-# (optional) if installation_method: "file"
+# Offline installation (if installation_method: "file")
+#
 # You can also download the necessary packages into postgresql_cluster/files/ directory.
 # Packages from this directory will be used for installation.
-pip_package_file: "pip-19.2.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pip/#files
-patroni_pip_requirements_file:
-  - "setuptools-41.2.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/#files
-  - "setuptools_scm-3.3.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-scm/#files
-  - "urllib3-1.24.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/urllib3/1.24.3/#files
-  - "boto-2.49.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/boto/#files # (interfaces to Amazon Web Services)
-  - "PyYAML-5.1.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PyYAML/#files
-  - "chardet-3.0.4.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/chardet/#files # (required for "requests")
-  - "idna-2.8.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/idna/#files    # (required for "requests")
-  - "certifi-2019.9.11.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/certifi/#files # (required for "requests")
-  - "requests-2.22.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/requests/#files
-  - "six-1.12.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/six/#files
-  - "kazoo-2.6.1.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/kazoo/#files
-  - "dnspython-1.16.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/dnspython/#files # (required for "python-etcd")
-  - "python-etcd-0.4.5.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-etcd/#files
-  - "Click-7.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/click/#files
-  - "prettytable-0.7.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PrettyTable/#files
-  - "pytz-2019.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pytz/#files # (required for "tzlocal")
-  - "tzlocal-2.0.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/tzlocal/#files
-  - "wheel-0.33.6.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/wheel/#files
-  - "python-dateutil-2.8.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-dateutil/#files
-  - "psutil-5.6.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/psutil/#files
-  - "cdiff-1.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/cdiff/#files
-patroni_pip_package_file:
-  - "patroni-1.6.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/patroni/#files
-
-# ( if patroni_installation_type: "rpm" and installation_method: "file" )
-# (package for RHEL/CentOS 8) https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/rhel-8-x86_64/
-patroni_rpm_package_file: "patroni-2.1.4-1.rhel8.x86_64.rpm"
+
+# if installation_method: "file" and patroni_installation_method: "rpm"
+patroni_rpm_package_file: "patroni-3.3.2-1PGDG.rhel8.noarch.rpm"
+# (package for RHEL 8) https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/rhel-8-x86_64/
+
+# if installation_method: "file" and patroni_installation_method: "pip"
+pip_package_file: "pip-24.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pip/#files
+patroni_pip_requirements_file: []
+#  - "setuptools-41.2.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/#files
+#  - "setuptools_scm-3.3.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-scm/#files
+#  - "urllib3-1.24.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/urllib3/1.24.3/#files
+#  - "PyYAML-5.1.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PyYAML/#files
+#  - "chardet-3.0.4.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/chardet/#files # (required for "requests")
+#  - "idna-2.8.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/idna/#files    # (required for "requests")
+#  - "certifi-2019.9.11.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/certifi/#files # (required for "requests")
+#  - "requests-2.22.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/requests/#files
+#  - "six-1.12.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/six/#files
+#  - "kazoo-2.6.1.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/kazoo/#files
+#  - "dnspython-1.16.0.zip"  # https://pypi.org/project/dnspython/#files # (required for "python-etcd")
+#  - "python-etcd-0.4.5.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-etcd/#files
+#  - "Click-7.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/click/#files
+#  - "prettytable-0.7.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/PrettyTable/#files
+#  - "pytz-2019.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/pytz/#files # (required for "tzlocal")
+#  - "tzlocal-2.0.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/tzlocal/#files
+#  - "wheel-0.33.6.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/wheel/#files
+#  - "python-dateutil-2.8.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/python-dateutil/#files
+#  - "psutil-5.6.3.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/psutil/#files
+#  - "cdiff-1.0.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/cdiff/#files
+patroni_pip_package_file: []
+#  - "patroni-3.3.2.tar.gz"  # https://pypi.org/project/patroni/#files
 
 # additional packages
-etcd_package_file: "etcd-v3.3.27-linux-amd64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases
-wal_g_package_file: "wal-g.linux-amd64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases
+etcd_package_file: "etcd-v3.5.15-linux-amd64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases
 vip_manager_package_file: "vip-manager-1.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm"  # https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/vip-manager/releases
+wal_g_package_file: "wal-g.linux-amd64.tar.gz"  # https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases
 
 # if with_haproxy_load_balancing: true
 haproxy_package_file: []
 #  - "rh-haproxy18-runtime-3.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm"
-#  - "rh-haproxy18-haproxy-1.8.17-1.el7.x86_64.rpm"
+#  - "rh-haproxy18-haproxy-1.8.31-1.el7.x86_64.rpm"
 confd_package_file: "confd-0.16.0-linux-amd64"  # https://github.com/kelseyhightower/confd/releases
 
-# (optional) if haproxy_installation_method: 'src'
+# if haproxy_installation_method: 'src' (optional)
 lua_src_file: "lua-5.3.5.tar.gz"  # https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz (required for build haproxy)
-haproxy_src_file: "haproxy-1.8.21.tar.gz"  # http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/src/
+haproxy_src_file: "haproxy-1.8.31.tar.gz"  # http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/src/
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # (optional) Specify additional rpm packages if required (for any installation_method)
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 19decc77f..bafd1b5af 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ vip_interface: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.interface }}"  # interface name (e.g., "
 # Note: VIP-based solutions such as keepalived or vip-manager may not function correctly in cloud environments like AWS.
 
 patroni_cluster_name: "postgres-cluster"  # the cluster name (must be unique for each cluster)
-patroni_install_version: "3.3.2"  # or 'latest'
 
 patroni_superuser_username: "postgres"
 patroni_superuser_password: "postgres-pass"  # please change password
@@ -112,7 +111,8 @@ patroni_etcd_protocol: "" # (optional) http or https, if not specified http is u
 # https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/yaml_configuration.html#consul
 
 # if dcs_type: "consul"
-consul_version: "1.15.8"
+consul_version: "latest"  # or a specific version (e.q., '1.18.2') if 'consul_install_from_repo' is 'false'
+consul_install_from_repo: true  # specify 'false' only if patroni_installation_method: "pip" is used
 consul_config_path: "/etc/consul"
 consul_configd_path: "{{ consul_config_path }}/conf.d"
 consul_data_path: "/var/lib/consul"