diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 179c7fb99..3aac5779a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ repos:
         # plugins is the standard collection dir for modules
         entry: env ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=plugins ansible-lint --force-color -p -v
         additional_dependencies:
-          - 'ansible<2.10'
+          - 'ansible-core>=2.11,<2.12'
   - repo: https://github.com/openstack-dev/bashate.git
     rev: 2.0.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/molecule-requirements.txt b/molecule-requirements.txt
index e52957c7d..9785246ce 100644
--- a/molecule-requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible<2.10
+ansible-core>=2.11,<2.12
 ansi2html  # GPL (soft-dependency of pytest-html)
 docker
 paramiko>=2.5.0  # LGPL (soft-dependency of docker that enables ssh protocol)
diff --git a/roles/overcloud-deploy/requirements.txt b/roles/overcloud-deploy/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 729b89c9e..000000000
--- a/roles/overcloud-deploy/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pbr>=1.6
-ansible==2.0.0