diff --git a/docs/release/1.7.md b/docs/release/1.7.md
index 4f5afe8a3..4c0a4ab31 100644
--- a/docs/release/1.7.md
+++ b/docs/release/1.7.md
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ For more details, read the [](../dev/validation.md)
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 (bug-fixes-1.7.2)=
+### Bug Fixes in Release 1.7.2-post1
+
+* **netlab config** command breaks when used with newer Ansible releases. The modified deployment playbook uses the common _deploy custom configuration templates_ task list used by **netlab initial**.
+
 ### Bug Fixes in Release 1.7.2
 
 * Change pinned Vagrant/vagrant-libvirt releases to Vagrant 2.4.0-1 and vagrant-libvirt 0.12.2. Both releases were successfully tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04
diff --git a/legacy/setup.py b/legacy/setup.py
index ed3226834..453d0dad0 100644
--- a/legacy/setup.py
+++ b/legacy/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 sys.path.append('..')
 
-version="1.7.2"
+version="1.7.2-post1"
 
 long_description = (Path(__file__).parent / "README.md").read_text()
 
diff --git a/netsim/__init__.py b/netsim/__init__.py
index d09c18e65..2ece6dcda 100755
--- a/netsim/__init__.py
+++ b/netsim/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "1.7.2"
+__version__ = "1.7.2-post1"
 
 try:
   import box
diff --git a/netsim/ansible/config.ansible b/netsim/ansible/config.ansible
index 8c5a6d59c..0207d03db 100755
--- a/netsim/ansible/config.ansible
+++ b/netsim/ansible/config.ansible
@@ -6,64 +6,15 @@
   gather_facts: false
   vars:
     node_provider: "{{ provider|default(netlab_provider) }}"
+  strategy: "{{ netlab_strategy|default('linear') }}"
   tasks:
-  - block:
-    - set_fact:
-        netlab_device_type: "{{ netlab_device_type|default(ansible_network_os) }}"
-
-    - fail: msg="Specify configuration template name with an external variable"
-      when: config is not defined
-      run_once: true
-
-    - set_fact:
-        config_template: "{{ lookup('first_found',params,errors='ignore') }}"
-      vars:
-        params:
-          paths:
-          - "{{ lookup('env','PWD') }}"
-          - "."
-          files:
-          - "{{ config + '/' + inventory_hostname + '.' + netlab_device_type + '-' + node_provider + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '/' + inventory_hostname + '.' + netlab_device_type + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '/' + inventory_hostname + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '/' + netlab_device_type + '-' + node_provider + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '/' + netlab_device_type + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '/' + ansible_network_os + '-' + node_provider + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '/' + ansible_network_os + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '.' + inventory_hostname + '.' + netlab_device_type + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '.' + inventory_hostname + '.' + ansible_network_os + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '.' + inventory_hostname + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '.' + netlab_device_type + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config + '.' + ansible_network_os + '.j2' }}"
-          - "{{ config }}"
-          - "{{ config + '.j2' }}"
-
-    - fail: msg="Cannot find configuration template {{ config }}"
-      when: config_template == ''
-      run_once: true
-
-    - debug:
-        msg: |
-          Config for {{ inventory_hostname }}
-          ===================================
-          {{ lookup('template',config_template) }}
-        verbosity: 1
-
-    tags: [ always ]
-
-  - include_tasks: "{{ item }}"
-    with_first_found:
-    - "{{ lookup('env','PWD') }}/{{ custom_config }}/deploy-{{ inventory_hostname }}.yml"
-    - "{{ lookup('env','PWD') }}/{{ custom_config }}/deploy.{{ netlab_device_type }}-{{ node_provider }}.yml"
-    - "{{ lookup('env','PWD') }}/{{ custom_config }}/deploy.{{ netlab_device_type }}.yml"
-    - "{{ lookup('env','PWD') }}/{{ custom_config }}/deploy.{{ ansible_network_os }}-{{ node_provider }}.yml"
-    - "{{ lookup('env','PWD') }}/{{ custom_config }}/deploy.{{ ansible_network_os }}.yml"
-    - "{{ lookup('env','PWD') }}/{{ custom_config }}/deploy.yml"
-    - "tasks/deploy-config/{{netlab_device_type}}-{{node_provider}}.yml"
-    - "tasks/deploy-config/{{netlab_device_type}}.yml"
-    - "tasks/deploy-config/{{ansible_network_os}}.yml"
+  - fail: msg="Specify configuration template name with an external variable"
+    when: config is not defined
+    run_once: true
+  - set_fact:
+      netlab_device_type: "{{ netlab_device_type|default(ansible_network_os) }}"
+      custom_config: "{{ config }}"
+  - include_tasks: "tasks/deploy-custom-config.yml"
     args:
       apply:
-        vars:
-          netsim_action: "{{ config }}"
-          config_template: "{{ config_template }}"
+        tags: [ always ]