diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f960fd505a..77c7b43c1d 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 docker>=2.4.2 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-ansible>=2.9.0 # GPLv3
+ansible>=2.9.0,<2.10 # GPLv3