diff --git a/tools/gate/devel/start.sh b/tools/gate/devel/start.sh
index d370079fc..7dbddf5a0 100755
--- a/tools/gate/devel/start.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/devel/start.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function ansible_install {
   sudo -H -E pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
   sudo -H -E pip3 install --upgrade cmd2
   sudo -H -E pip3 install --upgrade pyopenssl
-  sudo -H -E pip3 install --upgrade "ansible==2.9"
+  sudo -H -E pip3 install --upgrade ansible
   sudo -H -E pip3 install --upgrade \
     ara==0.16.5 \
     yq