diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b373d20b..2d71c063 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible==2.2.1.0
+ansible==4.2.0
 apache-libcloud==1.5.0
 appdirs==1.4.0
 azure==1.0.3
diff --git a/requirements3.txt b/requirements3.txt
index f72bd941..d4625be4 100644
--- a/requirements3.txt
+++ b/requirements3.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible==2.1.2.0
+ansible==4.2.0
 apache-libcloud==1.2.1
 azure==1.0.3
 azure-common==1.1.4