diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/ara.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/ara.yaml
index a210446795..e1d1deafb5 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/ara.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/ara.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,21 @@
       - print-template-name:
           template-name: "{template-name}"
       - openstack-ansible-tests-checkout
+      - shell: |
+          if [[ "{name}" == *"openstack-ansible"* ]]; then
+            # EPEL must be enabled because some deps from bindep.txt are
+            # otherwise not available
+            if [[ -e /usr/bin/yum ]]; then
+              sudo yum-config-manager --enable epel
+            fi
+          fi
       - install-distro-packages
+      - shell: |
+          if [[ "{name}" == *"openstack-ansible"* ]]; then
+            if [[ -e /usr/bin/yum ]]; then
+              sudo yum-config-manager --disable epel
+            fi
+          fi
       - shell: |
           # Allow Jenkins user to ssh into localhost
           ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -N ""