diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e45b02411..fa82f97d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # needed by setuptools-scm
       - name: Build dists
-        run: python -m tox -e pkg
+        run: python3 -m tox -e pkg
       - name: Publish to pypi.org
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index fc4e0465c..2bb6b5077 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.pre.outputs.matrix) }}
 
     env:
-      PYTEST_REQPASS: 450
+      PYTEST_REQPASS: 452
     environment: test
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/docs/ci.md b/docs/ci.md
index e3294d828..8ccebdc61 100644
--- a/docs/ci.md
+++ b/docs/ci.md
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ steps:
     inputs:
       versionSpec: "3.10"
 
-  - script: python -m pip install "molecule[lint]" "python-vagrant" "molecule-vagrant" "ansible"
+  - script: python3 -m pip install "molecule[lint]" "python-vagrant" "molecule-vagrant" "ansible"
     displayName: Install dependencies
 
-  - script: python -m pip install "python-tss-sdk"
+  - script: python3 -m pip install "python-tss-sdk"
     displayName: Role-specific dependencies
 
   - script: |
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index c8d5b222b..2772fe285 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $ python3 -m pip install --user "molecule-plugins[podman]"
 
 Installing molecule package also installed its main script `molecule`,
 usually in `PATH`. Users should know that molecule can also be called as
-a python module, using `python -m molecule ...`. This alternative method
+a python module, using `python3 -m molecule ...`. This alternative method
 has some benefits:
 
 - allows to explicitly control which Python interpreter is used by
diff --git a/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py b/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
index 92f1abb54..e29211557 100644
--- a/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
+++ b/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
@@ -515,32 +515,7 @@ def default_env(self):
                 self._config.ansible_collections_path: ":".join(collections_path_list),
                 "ANSIBLE_LIBRARY": ":".join(self._get_modules_directories()),
                 "ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS": ":".join(
-                    [
-                        self._get_filter_plugin_directory(),
-                        util.abs_path(
-                            os.path.join(
-                                self._config.scenario.ephemeral_directory,
-                                "plugins",
-                                "filter",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                        util.abs_path(
-                            os.path.join(
-                                self._config.project_directory,
-                                "plugins",
-                                "filter",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                        util.abs_path(
-                            os.path.join(
-                                os.path.expanduser("~"),
-                                ".ansible",
-                                "plugins",
-                                "filter",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                        "/usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter",
-                    ],
+                    self._get_filter_plugins_directories(),
                 ),
             },
         )
@@ -1012,5 +987,44 @@ def _get_modules_directories(self) -> list[str]:
     def _get_filter_plugin_directory(self):
         return util.abs_path(os.path.join(self._get_plugin_directory(), "filter"))
 
+    def _get_filter_plugins_directories(self) -> list[str]:
+        """Return list of ansilbe filter plugins includes directories."""
+        paths: list[str | None] = []
+        if os.environ.get("ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS"):
+            paths = list(
+                map(util.abs_path, os.environ["ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS"].split(":")),
+            )
+
+        paths.extend(
+            [
+                self._get_filter_plugin_directory(),
+                util.abs_path(
+                    os.path.join(
+                        self._config.scenario.ephemeral_directory,
+                        "plugins",
+                        "filter",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                util.abs_path(
+                    os.path.join(
+                        self._config.project_directory,
+                        "plugins",
+                        "filter",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                util.abs_path(
+                    os.path.join(
+                        os.path.expanduser("~"),
+                        ".ansible",
+                        "plugins",
+                        "filter",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                "/usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter",
+            ],
+        )
+
+        return [path for path in paths if path is not None]
+
     def _absolute_path_for(self, env, key):
         return ":".join([self.abs_path(p) for p in env[key].split(":")])
diff --git a/test/a_unit/provisioner/test_ansible.py b/test/a_unit/provisioner/test_ansible.py
index 58f3c6163..9e4a36578 100644
--- a/test/a_unit/provisioner/test_ansible.py
+++ b/test/a_unit/provisioner/test_ansible.py
@@ -749,6 +749,47 @@ def test_get_filter_plugin_directory(_instance):
     assert x == parts[-5:]
 
 
+def test_get_filter_plugins_directories_default(_instance, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv("ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS", raising=False)
+
+    paths = _instance._get_filter_plugins_directories()
+
+    assert len(paths) == 5
+    assert re.search(r"molecule/provisioner/ansible/plugins/filter$", paths[0])
+    assert re.search(r"\.cache/molecule/[^/]+/default/plugins/filter$", paths[1])
+    assert re.search(r"/filter$", paths[2])
+    assert re.search(r"\.ansible/plugins/filter$", paths[3])
+    assert re.search(r"/usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter$", paths[4])
+
+
+def tes_get_filter_plugins_directories_single_ansible_filter_plugins(
+    _instance,
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS", "/abs/path/plugins/filter")
+
+    paths = _instance._get_filter_plugins_directories()
+
+    assert len(paths) == 6
+    assert paths[0] == "/abs/path/plugins/filter"
+
+
+def test_get_filter_plugins_directories_multi_ansible_filter_plugins(
+    _instance,
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(
+        "ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS",
+        "relpath/plugins/filter:/abs/path/plugins/filter",
+    )
+
+    paths = _instance._get_filter_plugins_directories()
+
+    assert len(paths) == 7
+    assert paths[0].endswith("relpath/plugins/filter")
+    assert paths[1] == "/abs/path/plugins/filter"
+
+
 def test_absolute_path_for(_instance):
     env = {"foo": "foo:bar"}
     x = ":".join(
diff --git a/test/scenarios/verifier/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/test/scenarios/verifier/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ce9e96bd9..1c6652b9d 100644
--- a/test/scenarios/verifier/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/test/scenarios/verifier/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         name: flake8
-        entry: python -m flake8 --max-line-length=120
+        entry: python3 -m flake8 --max-line-length=120
         language: system
         types: [python]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7e5a7497e..718ab593e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ commands =
     # failsafe as pip may install incompatible dependencies
     pip check
     # failsafe for preventing changes that may break pytest collection
-    sh -c "PYTEST_ADDOPTS= python -m pytest -p no:cov --collect-only >>/dev/null"
+    sh -c "PYTEST_ADDOPTS= python3 -m pytest -p no:cov --collect-only >>/dev/null"
     sh -c "rm -f .tox/.coverage.*"
     # html report is used by Zuul CI to display reports
     coverage run -m pytest {env:_EXTRAS} {env:PYTEST_ADDOPTS:} {posargs}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ description = Runs all linting tasks
 basepython = python3.10
 commands =
     # to run a single linter you can do "pre-commit run flake8"
-    python -m pre_commit run {posargs:--all --show-diff-on-failure}
+    python3 -m pre_commit run {posargs:--all --show-diff-on-failure}
 deps =
     pre-commit>=2.21.0
     check-jsonschema>=0.20.0
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ deps =
 setenv =
 commands =
     rm -rfv {toxinidir}/dist/
-    python -m build \
+    python3 -m build \
       --outdir {toxinidir}/dist/ \
       {toxinidir}
     # metadata validation
-    sh -c "python -m twine check --strict {toxinidir}/dist/*"
+    sh -c "python3 -m twine check --strict {toxinidir}/dist/*"
 
 [testenv:snap]
 description = Builds a snap package