diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
index 55cd12ccff..49d2037c4e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
                result.stdout | version_compare(docker_py_version_min, '<')
 
 - name: Checking Ansible version
-  local_action: command ansible --version
-  register: result
-  changed_when: false
-  failed_when: result.stdout | regex_replace('ansible (\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)', '\\1') | version_compare(ansible_version_min, '<')
+  local_action: fail msg="Current Ansible version {{ ansible_version.full }} is less than {{ ansible_version_min }}"
+  run_once: true
+  when: ansible_version.full | version_compare(ansible_version_min, '<')