diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/CHANGELOG.md b/geant/gap_ansible/CHANGELOG.md
index 9baf7a90201e86a724470d85328375dd13da3272..4c5d9aef6f6ef62601c4e4d2f2962f70a2644958 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # GAP Ansible changelog
+1.1.16 2024-11-20
+- Fixed remaining issue with netconf exclusive lock by introducing lock=never
+
 1.1.15 2024-11-12
 - Fixed `ansible_connection` setting in `ibgp_update` role.
 - PE-specific SNMP communities in PE base config and `promote_p_to_pe`.
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/galaxy.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/galaxy.yml
index 7b4dd3686196e11df139068b49fb3bc08077821b..0fff15b72421751771295a01293a435b75b6e4ce 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/galaxy.yml
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/galaxy.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace: geant
 name: gap_ansible
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 1.1.15
+version: 1.1.16
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/plugins/modules/nokia_netconf_config.py b/geant/gap_ansible/plugins/modules/nokia_netconf_config.py
index 381fe55ab69276d9be78fefbc8cbfd54e5b8983d..ca63f799765ee5e9bfbe54fda1b3174ff23b237e 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/plugins/modules/nokia_netconf_config.py
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/plugins/modules/nokia_netconf_config.py
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ def main():
     if config_mode and config_mode == ConfigMode.PRIVATE.value:
         # with this PR https://github.com/ncclient/ncclient/pull/594 we only added private mode
         conn.set_config_mode(config_mode)
+        lock = "never"
 
     capabilities = get_capabilities(module)
     operations = capabilities["device_operations"]