diff --git a/scripts/scripts-library.sh b/scripts/scripts-library.sh
index 5c9411b542..28a85e8a63 100755
--- a/scripts/scripts-library.sh
+++ b/scripts/scripts-library.sh
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function setup_ara {
     # This installs from pypi
     # PIP_COMMAND and PIP_OPTS are exported by the bootstrap-ansible script.
     # PIP_OPTS contains the whole set of constraints that need to be applied.
-    ${PIP_COMMAND} install --isolated ${PIP_OPTS} ara "${ANSIBLE_PACKAGE:-ansible}"
+    ${PIP_COMMAND} install --isolated ${PIP_OPTS} ara==0.16.1 "${ANSIBLE_PACKAGE:-ansible}"
   fi
   # Dynamically retrieve the location of the ARA callback so we are able to find
   # it on both py2 and py3