diff --git a/docs/docsite/known_good_reqs.txt b/docs/docsite/known_good_reqs.txt
index 75323d13b02286..89101bab91aec2 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/known_good_reqs.txt
+++ b/docs/docsite/known_good_reqs.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ docutils==0.16
 jinja2==3.0.1
 Pygments==2.9.0
 PyYAML==5.4.1
-resolvelib==0.5.4
+resolvelib==0.8.1
 rstcheck==3.3.1
 sphinx==4.0.2
 sphinx-notfound-page==0.7.1 # must be >= 0.6
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a732a5951d2190..1f66383d3f4c31 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,4 @@ jinja2 >= 3.0.0
 PyYAML
 cryptography
 packaging
-# NOTE: resolvelib 0.x version bumps should be considered major/breaking
-# NOTE: and we should update the upper cap with care, at least until 1.0
-# NOTE: Ref: https://github.com/sarugaku/resolvelib/issues/69
-resolvelib >= 0.5.3, < 0.6.0  # dependency resolver used by ansible-galaxy
+resolvelib >= 0.8.1
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible.txt b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible.txt
index a732a5951d2190..1f66383d3f4c31 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible.txt
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,4 @@ jinja2 >= 3.0.0
 PyYAML
 cryptography
 packaging
-# NOTE: resolvelib 0.x version bumps should be considered major/breaking
-# NOTE: and we should update the upper cap with care, at least until 1.0
-# NOTE: Ref: https://github.com/sarugaku/resolvelib/issues/69
-resolvelib >= 0.5.3, < 0.6.0  # dependency resolver used by ansible-galaxy
+resolvelib >= 0.8.1
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt
index 36fc363a0e40cc..19b2958a80396f 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jinja2 == 3.0.1
 pyyaml == 5.4.1
-resolvelib == 0.5.4
+resolvelib == 0.8.1
 sphinx == 2.1.2
 sphinx-notfound-page == 0.7.1
 sphinx-ansible-theme == 0.8.0
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt
index 8055b3c5c701f3..aab0f70cccfbd2 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ docutils == 0.17.1
 jinja2 == 3.0.1
 packaging == 21.0
 pyyaml == 5.4.1  # ansible-core requirement
-resolvelib == 0.5.4  # ansible-core requirement
+resolvelib == 0.8.1  # ansible-core requirement
 rstcheck == 3.3.1
 straight.plugin == 1.5.0
 antsibull-changelog == 0.9.0