diff --git a/roles/byzantine/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/byzantine/molecule/default/verify.yml
index d6c9a3ba49..f26aa6ffc3 100644
--- a/roles/byzantine/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/byzantine/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Verify
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    - php_version: "8.1"
+    - php_version: "8.3"
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
   - name: test for presence byzantine sudoer commands
diff --git a/roles/drupal/tasks/main.yml b/roles/drupal/tasks/main.yml
index 0d1e2a6bac..7141189450 100644
--- a/roles/drupal/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/drupal/tasks/main.yml
@@ -194,4 +194,6 @@
     - gulp-cli
     - gulp
   become: true
-  when: install_nodejs | default(true)
+  when:
+   - running_on_server
+   - install_nodejs | default(true)
diff --git a/roles/drupal10/defaults/main.yml b/roles/drupal10/defaults/main.yml
index 0cfdca721b..5e5c64c29e 100644
--- a/roles/drupal10/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/drupal10/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ trusted_host_patterns:
 drupal_base_dir: '/var/www'
 drupal_project: 'drupal10'
 drupal_docroot: "{{ drupal_base_dir }}/{{ drupal_project }}"
-php_version: '8.1'
-phpeol_version: '7.4'
+php_version: '8.3'
+phpeol_version: '8.1'
 php_webserver: 'nginx'
diff --git a/roles/drupal10/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/drupal10/molecule/default/verify.yml
index ddfd477178..e5ce0496c2 100644
--- a/roles/drupal10/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/drupal10/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   hosts: all
   gather_facts: false
   vars:
-    - php_version: "8.1"
-    - php_unwanted_version: "7.4"
+    - php_version: "8.3"
+    - php_unwanted_version: "8.1"
   tasks:
   - name: test for presence libwww apache config
     lineinfile:
diff --git a/roles/ealapps/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/ealapps/molecule/default/verify.yml
index d5ca148f48..855ab5a77a 100644
--- a/roles/ealapps/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/ealapps/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
   hosts: all
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
-  - name: check php curl status
+  - name: Check php curl status
     ansible.builtin.package:
       name: "{{ item }}"
       state: present
     check_mode: true
     register: pkg_status
     loop:
-      - php8.1-curl
+      - php8.3-curl
 
-  - name: test for ruby packages
+  - name: Test for PHP packages
     assert:
       that:
         - not pkg_status.changed
diff --git a/roles/libwww/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/libwww/molecule/default/verify.yml
index 2867a60bc2..6b9b450962 100644
--- a/roles/libwww/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/libwww/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: Verify
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    - php_version: "8.0"
+    - php_version: "8.3"
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
     - name: test for presence libwww apache config
diff --git a/roles/libwww/vars/main.yml b/roles/libwww/vars/main.yml
index 64c6246402..ae96ab8b6d 100644
--- a/roles/libwww/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/libwww/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # vars file for roles/libwww
-php_version: "8.1"
+php_version: "8.3"
 app_db_host: "{{ db_host | default('localhost') }}"
 app_db_user: "{{ drupal_db_user | default('locator') }}"
 app_db_password: "{{ drupal_db_password | default('change_me') }}"
diff --git a/roles/mysql/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/mysql/molecule/default/verify.yml
index 887f931e31..26bca8af29 100644
--- a/roles/mysql/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/mysql/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@
   hosts: all
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
-  - name: check mariadb package status
+  - name: Check mariadb package status
     ansible.builtin.package:
       name: "{{ item }}"
       state: present
     check_mode: true
     register: pkg_status
     loop:
-      - mariadb-server
-      - mysql-common
+      - mariadb-server-10.6
 
-  - name: test for ruby packages
+  - name: Test for mariadb packages
     ansible.builtin.assert:
       that:
         - not pkg_status.changed
diff --git a/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
index 796b60a0e9..d8a4367820 100644
--- a/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 #
 - name: MySQL | Install pkg-config
   ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: pkg-config
-    state: present 
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  loop:
+    - pkg-config
+    - python3-dev
 
 - name: MySQL | Install MariaDB key
   ansible.builtin.apt_key:
@@ -28,13 +31,6 @@
   when:
     - running_on_server
 
-- name: MySQL | Install python database client packages
-  ansible.builtin.pip:
-    name: mysqlclient
-  changed_when: false
-  when:
-    - running_on_server
-
 - name: MySQL | install mysql
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name: "{{ mysql_packages }}"
diff --git a/roles/mysql/vars/main.yml b/roles/mysql/vars/main.yml
index c0f64838bd..3209281512 100644
--- a/roles/mysql/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mysql/vars/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 mysql_name: mariadb  # please be sure that this will install mariadb
 
 mysql_packages:
-  - mariadb-server
+  - mariadb-server-10.6
   - python3-mysqldb
 
 mysql_client_packages:
diff --git a/roles/ojs/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ojs/defaults/main.yml
index 462cc2022d..642777b199 100644
--- a/roles/ojs/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ojs/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Note that ojs_version must match one of the downloadable packages from
 # https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/
-php_version: "8.1"
+php_version: "8.3"
 ojs_version: "3.3.0-8"
 
 server:
diff --git a/roles/php/defaults/main.yml b/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
index 1674e40119..78d71c74d8 100644
--- a/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ datadog_service_name: test
 datadog_environment: none
 php_memory_limit: '256M'
 php_webserver: 'apache2'
-php_version: '8.1'
-php_unwanted_version: '7.4'
+php_version: '8.3'
+php_unwanted_version: '8.1'
diff --git a/roles/php/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/php/molecule/default/verify.yml
index 825c3678c9..1f7ab5923e 100644
--- a/roles/php/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/php/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 ---
-# This is an example playbook to execute Ansible tests.
-
 - name: Verify
   hosts: all
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
-  - name: test for php packages
-    apt:
+  - name: Test for php packages
+    ansible.builtin.apt:
       name: "{{ item }}"
       state: present
     loop:
-      - php8.1
-      - php8.1-dev
-      - php8.1-curl
-      - php8.1-zip
+      - php8.3
+      - php8.3-dev
+      - php8.3-curl
+      - php8.3-zip
       - datadog-php-tracer
     check_mode: true
     register: present
diff --git a/roles/special_collections/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/special_collections/molecule/default/verify.yml
index cd9187fb4d..de7b9614b1 100644
--- a/roles/special_collections/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/special_collections/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Verify
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    - php_version: "8.1"
+    - php_version: "8.3"
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
   - name: test for presence special collection sudoer commands
diff --git a/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/verify.yml b/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/verify.yml
index 8dbb0ebfbd..ae078c52e6 100644
--- a/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   hosts: all
   gather_facts: false
   vars:
-    - php_version: "8.1"
+    - php_version: "8.3"
   tasks:
     - name: check php curl status
       ansible.builtin.package: