diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6bf7c66d9..b334dba55 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible==2.7.16
+ansible==4.2.0
 docker-py
 yamllint==1.8.0
 netaddr
diff --git a/tools/requirements.txt b/tools/requirements.txt
index 9594c9685..666226ee1 100644
--- a/tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible==2.7.16
+ansible==4.2.0
 docker==3.3.0
 jmespath==0.9.3
 netaddr==0.7.19