diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/delegate_to_template.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/delegate_to_template.yml
index 538f2de0..a5c0216c 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/delegate_to_template.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/delegate_to_template.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
           {
             'kwargs': {
               'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+              'compression': True,
               'connect_timeout': 10,
               'hostname': 'alias-host',
               'identities_only': False,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
           {
             'kwargs': {
               'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+              'compression': True,
               'connect_timeout': 10,
               'hostname': 'cd-normal-alias',
               'identities_only': False,
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/stack_construction.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/stack_construction.yml
index 713f2380..0c48be3f 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/stack_construction.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/connection_delegation/stack_construction.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
               {
                   'kwargs': {
                       'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+                      'compression': True,
                       'connect_timeout': 10,
                       'hostname': 'alias-host',
                       'identities_only': False,
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@
               {
                   'kwargs': {
                       'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+                      'compression': True,
                       'connect_timeout': 10,
                       'hostname': 'alias-host',
                       'identities_only': False,
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@
               {
                   'kwargs': {
                       'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+                      'compression': True,
                       'connect_timeout': 10,
                       'hostname': 'cd-normal-normal',
                       'identities_only': False,
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@
               {
                   'kwargs': {
                       'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+                      'compression': True,
                       'connect_timeout': 10,
                       'hostname': 'alias-host',
                       'identities_only': False,
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@
               {
                   'kwargs': {
                       'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+                      'compression': True,
                       'connect_timeout': 10,
                       'hostname': 'cd-normal-alias',
                       'identities_only': False,
@@ -267,6 +272,7 @@
               {
                   'kwargs': {
                       'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+                      'compression': True,
                       'connect_timeout': 10,
                       'hostname': 'cd-newuser-normal-normal',
                       'identities_only': False,
@@ -307,6 +313,7 @@
               {
                   'kwargs': {
                       'check_host_keys': 'ignore',
+                      'compression': True,
                       'connect_timeout': 10,
                       'hostname': 'alias-host',
                       'identities_only': False,