diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 1d17458..9214b70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   - Ignore winrm patching inside plugin virtualenv if already done.
   - Remove cloudify 6.3 from constraints.txt
 3.2.0:
-  - Some changes to account for external storage.
+  - Some changes to account for external storage.q
 3.2.1:
   - Re-release with bumped utilities-plugins-sdk.
 3.2.2: Rerelease with updated dependencies.
@@ -162,4 +162,5 @@
 3.2.5: Handle secure log edge-case with numbers.
 3.2.6: Adjust retry log message.
 3.2.7: added .drp folder to exclude files from trufflehog
-3.2.8: blackduck
\ No newline at end of file
+3.2.8: blackduck
+3.2.9: NE-29645
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b253eab..2900214 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ wheels:
 	@pip wheel ${HOME}/${FUSION_COMMON}/ -w /workspace/build/ --find-links /workspace/build
 	@pip wheel ${HOME}/${FUSION_AGENT}/ -w /workspace/build/ --find-links /workspace/build
 	@pip wheel ${HOME}/${FUSION_MANAGER}/mgmtworker -w /workspace/build/ --find-links /workspace/build
-	@pip wheel ${HOME}/${NATIVEEDGE_SDK} -w /workspace/build/ --find-links /workspace/build
\ No newline at end of file
+	@pip wheel ${HOME}/${NATIVEEDGE_SDK} -w /workspace/build/ --find-links /workspace/build
diff --git a/cloudify_ansible/utils.py b/cloudify_ansible/utils.py
index a0da453..826ed4d 100644
--- a/cloudify_ansible/utils.py
+++ b/cloudify_ansible/utils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
 from cloudify_rest_client.constants import VisibilityState
 from cloudify_ansible_sdk._compat import (
-    text_type, urlopen, URLError)
+    text_type, urlopen)
 from cloudify_common_sdk.utils import (
     get_blueprint_dir,
     get_deployment_dir,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def _get_formatted_version(version):
 
 def _get_collections_location(instance):
     runtime_properties = instance.runtime_properties
-    if not is_local_venv() and \
+    if not is_local_venv() or \
             (get_node(ctx).properties.get('galaxy_collections')
              or runtime_properties.get('galaxy_collections')):
         return runtime_properties.get(WORKSPACE)
@@ -416,12 +416,11 @@ def create_playbook_workspace(ctx):
         :return:
     """
     instance = get_instance(ctx)
-    if WORKSPACE not in instance.runtime_properties:
+    workspace_dir = instance.runtime_properties.get(WORKSPACE)
+    if not workspace_dir:
         workspace_dir = mkdtemp(dir=get_node_instance_dir())
         os.chmod(workspace_dir, 0o755)
         instance.runtime_properties[WORKSPACE] = workspace_dir
-    else:
-        workspace_dir = instance.runtime_properties.get(WORKSPACE)
     collections_location = _get_collections_location(instance)
     ansible_cfg_file = os.path.join(workspace_dir, 'ansible.cfg')
     with open(ansible_cfg_file, 'w') as f:
@@ -1059,13 +1058,15 @@ def create_playbook_venv(_ctx):
 
 
 def is_connected_to_internet():
-    try:
-        urlopen('http://google.com', timeout=5)
-        ctx.logger.debug("Connected to internet.")
-        return True
-    except URLError:
-        ctx.logger.debug("No Internet connection.")
-        return False
+    for n in range(0, 3):
+        try:
+            urlopen('http://www.microsoft.com', timeout=5)
+            ctx.logger.info("Connected to internet.")
+            return True
+        except Exception as e:
+            ctx.logger.debug(f"exception {str(e)}")
+    ctx.logger.info('No Internet connection.')
+    return False
 
 
 def process_execution(script_func, script_path, ctx, process=None):
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 2faa602..5f48f24 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 -e ${HOME}/fusion-manager/mgmtworker
 -e ${HOME}/fusion-agent
 -e ${HOME}/cloudify-utilities-plugins-sdk
-cryptography>=42.0.5
\ No newline at end of file
+cryptography>=42.0.5
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c7f4f4d..8179be2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,28 +4,10 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --no-emit-index-url --output-file=requirements.txt requirements.in setup.py
 #
-# -e file:///home/circleci/cloudify-utilities-plugins-sdk
-#     # via
-#     #   -r requirements.in
-#     #   cloudify-ansible-plugin (setup.py)
-# -e file:///home/circleci/fusion-agent
-#     # via
-#     #   -r requirements.in
-#     #   fusion-mgmtworker
-# -e file:///home/circleci/fusion-common
-#     # via
-#     #   -r requirements.in
-#     #   cloudify-ansible-plugin (setup.py)
-#     #   fusion-agent
-#     #   fusion-mgmtworker
-# -e file:///home/circleci/fusion-manager/mgmtworker
-#     # via -r requirements.in
 adal==1.2.7
     # via msrestazure
 aiohttp==3.9.3
-    # via
-    #   cloudify-common
-    #   fusion-common
+    # via fusion-common
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via aiohttp
 amqp==5.2.0
@@ -56,15 +38,10 @@ bcrypt==4.1.2
 billiard==4.2.0
     # via celery
 boto3==1.34.67
+boto3==1.34.55
     # via cloudify-utilities-plugins-sdk
-botocore==1.34.67
-    # via
-    #   boto3
-    #   s3transfer
+botocore==1.34.55
 bottle==0.12.25
-    # via
-    #   cloudify-common
-    #   fusion-common
 cachetools==5.3.3
     # via google-auth
 celery==5.3.6
@@ -96,7 +73,6 @@ click-plugins==1.1.1
 click-repl==0.3.0
     # via celery
 cloudify-common==7.0.3
-    # via cloudify-utilities-plugins-sdk
 cryptography==42.0.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in