diff --git a/images/ansible/requirements.txt b/images/ansible/requirements.txt
index 44e51e02..cc4b7c05 100644
--- a/images/ansible/requirements.txt
+++ b/images/ansible/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/16858
 cryptography==3.3.2
 
-ansible==2.9.20
+ansible==4.2.0
 ncclient