diff --git a/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py b/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
index 04bbf1b8dc..4510da938d 100644
--- a/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
+++ b/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ def default_env(self):
             collections_paths_list.append(util.abs_path(collection_path))
         collections_paths_list.extend(
             [
-                util.abs_path(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".ansible")),
+                util.abs_path(
+                    os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".ansible/collections")
+                ),
                 "/usr/share/ansible/collections",
                 "/etc/ansible/collections",
             ]