diff --git a/automation/molecule/default/converge.yml b/automation/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 69f3cafbf..5bf862a2c 100644
--- a/automation/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/automation/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
         # enable_citus: true  # TODO Postgres 17
         enable_paradedb: "{{ 'false' if ansible_distribution_release == 'bullseye' else 'true' }}"  # pg_search and pg_analytics (no packages for debian 11)
         enable_pgvectorscale: "{{ 'true' if ansible_distribution_release in ['bookworm', 'jammy', 'noble'] else 'false' }}" # only deb packages are available
-        pgvectorscale_version: "0.5.0"  # TODO (v0.5.1 does not contain packages)
         # create extension
         postgresql_schemas:
           - { schema: "paradedb", db: "postgres", owner: "postgres" }  # pg_search must be installed in the paradedb schema.
diff --git a/automation/roles/packages/tasks/extensions.yml b/automation/roles/packages/tasks/extensions.yml
index f052afc66..f4ca74682 100644
--- a/automation/roles/packages/tasks/extensions.yml
+++ b/automation/roles/packages/tasks/extensions.yml
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
             | from_json).get('tag_name')
             | replace('v', '')
           }}
+      check_mode: false
       when: pgvectorscale_version | default('latest') == 'latest'
 
     - name: Download pgvectorscale archive
@@ -258,12 +259,14 @@
         dest: "/tmp/{{ pgvectorscale_archive }}"
         timeout: 60
         validate_certs: false
+      check_mode: false
 
     - name: Extract pgvectorscale package
       ansible.builtin.unarchive:
         src: "/tmp/{{ pgvectorscale_archive }}"
         dest: "/tmp/"
         remote_src: true
+      check_mode: false
 
     # Debian (only deb packages are available)
     - name: "Install pgvectorscale v{{ pgvectorscale_version }} package"