diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/defaults/main.yml
index e95a20747..d5951c13d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ kolla_ansible_venv_extra_requirements: []
 # Pip requirement specifier for the ansible package. NOTE: This limits the
 # version of ansible used by kolla-ansible to avoid new releases from breaking
 # tested code. Changes to this limit should be tested.
-kolla_ansible_venv_ansible: 'ansible>=7,<9.0'
-kolla_ansible_venv_ansible_core: 'ansible-core>=2.14,<2.16'
+kolla_ansible_venv_ansible: 'ansible>=8,<10.0'
+kolla_ansible_venv_ansible_core: 'ansible-core>=2.15,<2.17'
 
 # Path to a requirements.yml file for Ansible collections.
 kolla_ansible_requirements_yml: "{{ kolla_ansible_venv }}/share/kolla-ansible/requirements.yml"