diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fc964b1a93a..ccf58ea3a38 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible>=2.2.1
+ansible==2.2.1.0
 netaddr
 # Ansible 2.2.1 requires jinja2<2.9, see <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.2.1.0-1/setup.py#L25>,
 # but without explicit limiting upper jinja2 version here pip ignores