diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
index 867fbab86..1a4c05c7b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
   when:
     - skip_install is not defined
     - enable_venv | bool == false
-    - (ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' and ansible_distribution_major_version <= 7) or
+    - (ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' and ansible_distribution_major_version|version_compare('7', '<=')) or
       (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version|version_compare('14.10', '=='))
 
 - name: "Install Ironic using pip"