diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d786ee5..ee18cc4 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 flake8
 
-# We need to pin Ansible to <2.4 until Zuul supports it, otherwise ansible-lint
+# We need to pin Ansible to <2.6 until Zuul supports it, otherwise ansible-lint
 # picks the latest version which is not known to work yet.
-ansible<2.4
+ansible>=2.5.1,<2.6
 ansible-lint
 bashate>=0.2
 zuul-sphinx>=0.1.1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bf3992e..c7a1cd6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ passenv =
 deps =
   # Zuul is required to supply the zuul ansible modules for ansible-lint
   -egit+https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/zuul#egg=zuul
-  ansible<2.4.0
+  ansible>=2.5.1,<2.6
   ansible-lint
   hacking>=0.10,<0.11
   bashate>=0.2