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
diff --git a/src/config/fabric-ansible/test-requirements.txt b/src/config/fabric-ansible/test-requirements.txt
index e839f211bcd..d9078aeb7fb 100644
--- a/src/config/fabric-ansible/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/src/config/fabric-ansible/test-requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ python-novaclient==16.0.0
 webtest==2.0.34
 contrail-api-server==0.1.dev0
 python-swiftclient==3.9.0
-ansible==2.6.13
+ansible==2.6.18