diff --git a/files/requirements.txt b/files/requirements.txt
index a048838..fb0a990 100644
--- a/files/requirements.txt
+++ b/files/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible-core<2.17.0
+ansible-core==2.16.4
 distlib
 docker
 # Needed for jinja2 json_query templating