diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 87449f58..872807a3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 pbr>=3.1.1 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.11.0 # MIT
 PyYAML>=3.13 # MIT
+ansible>=2.8,!=2.8.9,!=2.9.12,<2.10.0
 ansible-runner>=1.3.4 # Apache-2.0