diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/zuul-executor.yaml b/ansible/group_vars/zuul-executor.yaml
index b2ea41a..cb4271b 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/zuul-executor.yaml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/zuul-executor.yaml
@@ -112,3 +112,9 @@ zuul_executor_ansible:
     ansible_pip_virtualenv_python: python3
     ansible_pip_virtualenv: /opt/venv/ansible-2.7
     ansible_pip_virtualenv_symlink: /opt/venv/zuul-ansible/2.7
+  - ansible_pip_name:
+      - ansible>=2.8,<2.9
+      - ara
+    ansible_pip_virtualenv_python: python3
+    ansible_pip_virtualenv: /opt/venv/ansible-2.8
+    ansible_pip_virtualenv_symlink: /opt/venv/zuul-ansible/2.8