diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/osh-bandit.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/osh-bandit.yaml
index 734ef667d3..311508b863 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/osh-bandit.yaml
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/osh-bandit.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         set -xe;
         ./tools/deployment/common/install-packages.sh
         ./tools/gate/deploy-k8s.sh
-        sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade yq bandit setuptools
+        sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade yq bandit==1.7.1 setuptools
       environment:
         zuul_site_mirror_fqdn: "{{ zuul_site_mirror_fqdn }}"
       args: