diff --git a/tests/ansible/requirements.txt b/tests/ansible/requirements.txt
index 47ed9abb..bed4ea02 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/ansible/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible; python_version >= '2.7'
+ansible==2.8.3; python_version >= '2.7'
 ansible<2.7; python_version < '2.7'
 paramiko==2.3.2  # Last 2.6-compat version.
 hdrhistogram==0.6.1