diff --git a/tests/devel-centos7/Dockerfile b/tests/devel-centos7/Dockerfile
index 902d1f0..8349bf2 100644
--- a/tests/devel-centos7/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/devel-centos7/Dockerfile
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ RUN echo -e '[local]\nlocalhost\n' > /etc/ansible/hosts
 RUN mkdir /opt/ansible/
 RUN git clone http://github.com/ansible/ansible.git /opt/ansible/ansible
 WORKDIR /opt/ansible/ansible
+# because at a later commit we hit https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/17534
+RUN git checkout f4af154beff2b281e464b616f504293d67187da5
 RUN git submodule update --init
 ENV PATH /opt/ansible/ansible/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
 ENV PYTHONPATH /opt/ansible/ansible/lib