diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ansible-2.10-ee0211e72f9522c9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ansible-2.10-ee0211e72f9522c9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7239259a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ansible-2.10-ee0211e72f9522c9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Ansible 2.10 is now supported and used by default (2.9 is still supported).
diff --git a/scripts/env-setup.sh b/scripts/env-setup.sh
index 1c0909d1f..c44929677 100755
--- a/scripts/env-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/env-setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -eu
 # NOTE(pas-ha) the above exports some useful variables like
 # $PYTHON , $PIP and $VENV depending on venv install or not
 
-DEFAULT_PIP_ANSIBLE='>=2.9,<2.10'
+DEFAULT_PIP_ANSIBLE='>=2.9,<2.11'
 
 ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_REQ=${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_REQ:-$(dirname $0)/../ansible-collections-requirements.yml}
 ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_SOURCE_PATH=
diff --git a/tools/ansible-lint.sh b/tools/ansible-lint.sh
index 81d8b479c..bd97ab34a 100644
--- a/tools/ansible-lint.sh
+++ b/tools/ansible-lint.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-DEST="$(dirname $0)/../playbooks/collections"
+DEST="$(dirname $0)/../.tox/linters/collections"
 SOURCE="${ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_SOURCE_PATH:-../ansible-collections-openstack}"
 
 if [ ! -d "$SOURCE" ]; then
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rm -f "$DEST/ansible_collections/openstack/cloud"
 
 ln -s "$(realpath $SOURCE)" "$DEST/ansible_collections/openstack/cloud"
 
-export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="$DEST"
+export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="$(realpath $DEST)"
 export ANSIBLE_LIBRARY="$(dirname $0)/../playbooks/library"
 
 find playbooks -maxdepth 1 -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' -print0 | \
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4b24483d0..30c4c00a0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ deps =
 [testenv:linters]
 whitelist_externals = bash
 deps =
-  ansible>=2.9.0,<2.10
+  ansible>=2.10.0,<2.11
   ansible-lint>=4.3.0,<5
 commands =
     bash tools/ansible-lint.sh