diff --git a/roles/openstack-clients/defaults/main.yml b/roles/openstack-clients/defaults/main.yml
index 038221e283..8ffa3fa745 100644
--- a/roles/openstack-clients/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openstack-clients/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ openstack_clients_pip_packages:
     enabled: "{{ scenario == 'scenario_nfv' }}"
   - package: python-octaviaclient
     enabled: "{{ scenario in ['octavia', 'ovn'] }}"
-  - package: python-openstackclient
+    # https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-openstackclient/+bug/2076229
+  - package: "python-openstackclient<7"
     enabled: true
     # python-openstackclient 6.6.0 didn't work with swift due to https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/python-openstackclient/+/920001
     # TODO: remove the simplejson once new package released on pypi.org.