diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/tasks/main.yaml
index 1806e3258b..b024a4b9ff 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 - name: Install ansible
   pip:
     name: ansible
+    # NOTE(corvus): Installing pre-release for
+    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5f953d1129925579b7bf6ea2cce1ccf583199801
+    # remove version parameter after 2.7.0 release
+    version: 2.7.0rc1
 
 - name: Install openstacksdk
   pip: