diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c9f051..5830af1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 .*~
 venv
 .task
+collections/ansible_collections/*
+!collections/ansible_collections/nullified
 collections/ansible_collections/*/*/tests/*
 collections/ansible_collections/*/*/logs/*
 !collections/ansible_collections/*/*/tests/config.yml
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 968f0f4..e9d6036 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ vars:
   MOLECULE_DIR: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/collections/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/extensions'
 
 tasks:
-  venv:setup:
+  setup:venv:
     desc: install a Python3 virtualenv and all the required ansible / molecule dependencies.
     cmds:
       - |
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ tasks:
     status:
       - test -d venv
 
+  setup:ansible:
+    desc: install ansible galaxy collections
+    cmds:
+      - '{{.PYTHON_WRAPPER}} ansible-galaxy collection install -r ansible_galaxy-requirements.yml'
+
+  setup:
+    desc: set up environment for Python virtualenv and ansible dependencies
+    cmds:
+      - task: 'setup:venv'
+      - task: 'setup:ansible'
+
   test:modules:
     desc: run `ansible-test sanity` on collections to find common issues for modules and collections
     dir: collections/ansible_collections
diff --git a/ansible_galaxy-requirements.yml b/ansible_galaxy-requirements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e535cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible_galaxy-requirements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+collections:
+  - name: kubernetes.core
+    version: 3.0.0
diff --git a/collections/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/extensions/molecule/default/requirements.yml b/collections/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/extensions/molecule/default/requirements.yml
index 78b3f09..6a4a42e 100644
--- a/collections/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/extensions/molecule/default/requirements.yml
+++ b/collections/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/extensions/molecule/default/requirements.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 collections:
   - community.docker
   - ansible.netcommon
+  - kubernetes.core