diff --git a/kolla/template/filters.py b/kolla/template/filters.py
index 3f2ede9566..49708ee3fc 100644
--- a/kolla/template/filters.py
+++ b/kolla/template/filters.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from jinja2 import pass_context
+from jinja2 import contextfilter
 from jinja2 import Undefined
 
 
-@pass_context
+@contextfilter
 def customizable(context, val_list, call_type):
     # NOTE(mgoddard): Don't try to customise undefined values. There are cases
     # where this might happen, for example using a generic template overrides
diff --git a/kolla/template/methods.py b/kolla/template/methods.py
index 69434ef504..19fcf4e22f 100644
--- a/kolla/template/methods.py
+++ b/kolla/template/methods.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import os
 import yaml
 
-from jinja2 import pass_context
+from jinja2 import contextfunction
 
 
 def debian_package_install(packages, clean_package_cache=True):
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def debian_package_install(packages, clean_package_cache=True):
     return ' && '.join(cmds)
 
 
-@pass_context
+@contextfunction
 def handle_repos(context, reponames, mode):
     """NOTE(hrw): we need to handle CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu with one macro.
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7d1c0d9dbb..9d5bd1cf3c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 docker>=2.4.2 # Apache-2.0
-Jinja2>=3.0.1 # BSD License (3 clause)
+Jinja2>=2.8 # BSD License (3 clause)
 GitPython>=1.0.1 # BSD License (3 clause)
 oslo.config>=5.1.0 # Apache-2.0