diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/constraints.txt b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/constraints.txt
index 31ae95e7c71..4e55c477151 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ requests < 2.20.0 ; python_version < '2.7' # requests 2.20.0 drops support for p
 requests-ntlm >= 1.1.0 # message encryption support
 requests-credssp >= 0.1.0 # message encryption support
 voluptuous >= 0.11.0 # Schema recursion via Self
-openshift >= 0.6.2 # merge_type support
+openshift >= 0.6.2, < 0.9.0 # merge_type support
 virtualenv < 16.0.0 ; python_version < '2.7' # virtualenv 16.0.0 and later require python 2.7 or later
 pyopenssl < 18.0.0 ; python_version < '2.7' # pyOpenSSL 18.0.0 and later require python 2.7 or later
 pyfmg == 0.6.1 # newer versions do not pass current unit tests