diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6892950ee..5a03cf1d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible-core==2.15.9
+ansible-core==2.16.19rc1
 boto==2.49.0
 jmespath>=0.9.0,<2  # (grafana.grafana.grafana)
 docker>=5.0.0