diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 46a50722f..28614763c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible>=2.2.0,!=2.3 # GPLv3
+ansible<2.3.0 # GPLv3
 cliff>=2.5.0 # Apache
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.13 # BSD
 PyYAML>=3.10.0 # MIT