diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ae9881cb..73dab1d3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:tests_clone]
 commands =
     bash -c "if [ ! -d "{toxinidir}/tests/common" ]; then \
-               git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-tests {toxinidir}/tests/common; \
+               git clone -b stable/newton https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-tests {toxinidir}/tests/common; \
              fi"
 
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:ansible]
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
-    -rhttp://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/openstack-ansible-tests/plain/test-ansible-deps.txt
+    -rhttp://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/openstack-ansible-tests/plain/test-ansible-deps.txt?h=stable/newton
 commands =
     {[testenv:tests_clone]commands}
     bash -c "{toxinidir}/tests/common/test-ansible-env-prep.sh"