diff --git a/ansible-requirements.txt b/ansible-requirements.txt
index 0f84c0d..9ec95af 100644
--- a/ansible-requirements.txt
+++ b/ansible-requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible>=2.8,<2.10
+ansible-core<2.12
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index e9cb838..8e5a8dd 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 ruamel.yaml
 pre-commit # MIT
-ansible>=2.8
+ansible-core<2.12
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=2.0.0,!=2.1.0 # BSD
diff --git a/molecule-requirements.txt b/molecule-requirements.txt
index aae5bfd..07c2ceb 100644
--- a/molecule-requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible>=2.9,<2.10
+ansible-core<2.12
 # molecule also has optional extras: docker, podman
 molecule[test]>=3.5.0,<3.6  # MIT
 oslotest
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 9c9d84c..8e5a8dd 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 ruamel.yaml
 pre-commit # MIT
-ansible>=2.8,<2.10
+ansible-core<2.12
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=2.0.0,!=2.1.0 # BSD