diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8fd6c216573..7f425ec9e53 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible==2.7.16
+ansible==2.9.20
 jinja2==2.10.1
 netaddr==0.7.19
 pbr==5.2.0