diff --git a/ansible-requirements.txt b/ansible-requirements.txt
index 6d0405607..fd0561fd4 100644
--- a/ansible-requirements.txt
+++ b/ansible-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-ansible>=2.8,!=2.8.9,!=2.9.12
+ansible>=2.8,!=2.8.9,!=2.9.12,<2.10.0
 metalsmith>=0.13.0 # Apache-2.0
+importlib-metadata<2.0.0
 jsonschema  # MIT