diff --git a/src/config/fabric-ansible/ansible-playbooks/requirements.txt b/src/config/fabric-ansible/ansible-playbooks/requirements.txt
index 9c2abaf8df7..3e66c9cf9e3 100644
--- a/src/config/fabric-ansible/ansible-playbooks/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/config/fabric-ansible/ansible-playbooks/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ contrail-config-common
 contrail-api-client
 sandesh
 sandesh-common
-ansible==2.6.13
+ansible==2.6.18