diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
index ba669f83f..7dba5eaa3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 - name: "proliantutils - Install from pip"
   include: pip_install.yml
-     package=proliantutils
+     package=proliantutils<2.9.0
      state=present
      extra_args="-c {{ upper_constraints_file }}"
   environment: "{{ venv }}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/pin-proliantutils-60f1facf44c223ca.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/pin-proliantutils-60f1facf44c223ca.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b992f4b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/pin-proliantutils-60f1facf44c223ca.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes an issue where the proliantutils library version was unconstrained,
+    potentially resulting in installation of an incompatibile library. The
+    version has been pinned to 2.8.x.