diff --git a/iiab-upgrade b/iiab-upgrade
index 033cd5a7..2fcaaed0 100755
--- a/iiab-upgrade
+++ b/iiab-upgrade
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ set -e                                   # Exit on error (avoids snowballing)
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive    # Bypass (most!) interactive questions
 SCRIPT=iiab-upgrade
 RELEASE=1
+CURR_VER=""             # Ansible version you currently have installed
+GOOD_VER="2.9.13"       # preferred Ansible version
 BASEDIR=/opt/iiab
 CONFDIR=/etc/iiab
 IIABENV=$CONFDIR/iiab.env
@@ -254,13 +256,18 @@ echo -e " ███████████████████████
 echo -e "\n"
 # catch updates when apt runs
 # add logic to force updates later
+# 2.9.13 -> 2.10.X might need the removal of /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
 if [ $(command -v ansible-playbook) ]; then    # "command -v" is POSIX compliant; also catches built-in commands like "cd"
     CURR_VER=`ansible --version | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'`    # To match iiab-install.  Was: CURR_VER=`ansible --version | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d " "`
-    echo -e "CURRENTLY INSTALLED ANSIBLE: $CURR_VER skipping install!"
-else
-    echo -e "Install Ansible..."
-    $BASEDIR/iiab/scripts/ansible
+    echo -e "CURRENTLY INSTALLED ANSIBLE: $CURR_VER"
+    if version_gt $CURR_VER $GOOD_VER; then
+        echo -e "$CURR_VER is >= $GOOD_VER, skipping install!"
+    else
+        echo -e "(Re)Install Ansible..."
+        $BASEDIR/iiab/scripts/ansible
+    fi
 fi
+
 echo -e "\n\n'apt update' is checking for OS updates...\n"
 #echo -e "2019-07-11 TEMP WORKAROUND FOR RASPBIAN BUSTER'S testing->stable apt GLITCH...\nDetails @ https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1856\n"
 #apt -y update || true    # Overrides 'set -e'