diff --git a/ansible/molecule/existing-host/molecule.yml b/ansible/molecule/existing-host/molecule.yml
index d4aedb0..f87b771 100644
--- a/ansible/molecule/existing-host/molecule.yml
+++ b/ansible/molecule/existing-host/molecule.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ provisioner:
       hosts: inventory.yml
       # The version SSoT. Without it any task reading hyperi_core_versions
       # (the rustup pin, node_major) is undefined under this scenario.
-      group_vars: ${MOLECULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/inventories/localhost/group_vars
+      group_vars: ${MOLECULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/playbooks/group_vars
 
 scenario:
   name: existing-host
diff --git a/ansible/inventories/localhost/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/playbooks/group_vars/all.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/inventories/localhost/group_vars/all.yml
rename to ansible/playbooks/group_vars/all.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/developer/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/developer/defaults/main.yml
index de589af..98ada28 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/developer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/developer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ docker_fedora_supported_releases:
 # NodeSource publishes a repo PER MAJOR (node_24.x, node_22.x) and both provide
 # the package `nodejs`, so a box can hold exactly one system-wide major. That is
 # the n slot; fnm covers n-1 per user. Majors come from the SSoT -- see
-# hyperi_core_versions in inventories/localhost/group_vars/all.yml.
+# hyperi_core_versions in playbooks/group_vars/all.yml.
 #
 # The deb and rpm repos are signed by DIFFERENT keys, so both URLs are carried.
 node_major: "{{ hyperi_core_versions.node_major }}"