diff --git a/src/molecule_plugins/vagrant/modules/vagrant.py b/src/molecule_plugins/vagrant/modules/vagrant.py
index 0e09428..769a9a0 100755
--- a/src/molecule_plugins/vagrant/modules/vagrant.py
+++ b/src/molecule_plugins/vagrant/modules/vagrant.py
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ def merge_dicts(a: MutableMapping, b: MutableMapping) -> MutableMapping:
 class VagrantClient:
     def __init__(self, module) -> None:
         self._module = module
+        self.provider = self._module.params["provider_name"]
         self.provision = self._module.params["provision"]
         self.cachier = self._module.params["cachier"]
 
@@ -456,9 +457,10 @@ def up(self):
         changed = False
         if self._running() != len(self.instances):
             changed = True
+            provider = self.provider
             provision = self.provision
             with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-                self._vagrant.up(provision=provision)
+                self._vagrant.up(provider=provider, provision=provision)
 
         # NOTE(retr0h): Ansible wants only one module return `fail_json`
         # or `exit_json`.
@@ -714,7 +716,7 @@ def main():
             "provider_options": {"type": "dict", "default": {}},
             "provider_override_args": {"type": "list", "default": None},
             "provider_raw_config_args": {"type": "list", "default": None},
-            "provider_name": {"type": "str", "default": "virtualbox"},
+            "provider_name": {"type": "str", "required": False, "default": "virtualbox"},
             "default_box": {"type": "str", "default": None},
             "provision": {"type": "bool", "default": False},
             "force_stop": {"type": "bool", "default": False},