diff --git a/.reqcheck_override.yaml b/.reqcheck_override.yaml
index 0c16caf6..faac66e6 100644
--- a/.reqcheck_override.yaml
+++ b/.reqcheck_override.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ packages:
     - name: "python-yaml"
     - name: "python-PyYAML"
     - name: "PyYAML"
+    - name: "ansible"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 616ab829..204b87c1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ six>=1.11.0 # MIT
 PyYAML>=3.13 # MIT
 ansible>=2.8,!=2.8.9,!=2.9.12,<2.10.0 # GPLv3+
 ansible-runner>=1.4.4 # Apache-2.0
-cliff>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
+cliff>=2.16.0 # Apache-2.0