diff --git a/zuul/main.yaml b/zuul/main.yaml
index 867b2ab293..a55ca69adc 100644
--- a/zuul/main.yaml
+++ b/zuul/main.yaml
@@ -1600,6 +1600,7 @@
 
 - tenant:
     name: zuul
+    default-ansible-version: 2.9
     max-nodes-per-job: 10
     report-build-page: true
     source: