diff --git a/molecule-requirements.txt b/molecule-requirements.txt
index f37dd4b..5eb052d 100644
--- a/molecule-requirements.txt
+++ b/molecule-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # this is required for the molecule jobs
-ansible
+ansible>=2.8,!=2.8.9,!=2.9.12,<2.10.0
 ansi2html
 pytest
 pytest-cov