diff --git a/cluster.yml b/cluster.yml
index 3b6297c5a5fcfa91790b6c062a3df557a7b66da1..649f6549f6bbec8b7f21437309ea9db1d93c6c63 100644
--- a/cluster.yml
+++ b/cluster.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   tasks:
-    - name: Check ansible version <2.7
+    - name: "Check ansible version !=2.7.0"
       assert:
         msg: "Ansible V2.7.0 can't be used until: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46600 is fixed"
         that:
-          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "<")
+          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "!=")
           - ansible_version.string is version("2.5.0", ">=")
       tags:
         - check
diff --git a/remove-node.yml b/remove-node.yml
index aceed33acbd6c6d93479051e2b234ac238b8f6ed..2b2dacbabf1c3816b5413b999c93e8bfa5e30426 100644
--- a/remove-node.yml
+++ b/remove-node.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   tasks:
-    - name: Check ansible version <2.7
+    - name: "Check ansible version !=2.7.0"
       assert:
         msg: "Ansible V2.7.0 can't be used until: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46600 is fixed"
         that:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fed7afe505266c458b94d1aa54f4af0774c78dc7..1e3300434fb7bec18e30e2e909f88367d1a0b3c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible>=2.5.0,<2.7
+ansible>=2.5.0,!=2.7.0
 jinja2>=2.9.6
 netaddr
 pbr>=1.6
diff --git a/reset.yml b/reset.yml
index de47fafcab5c89c755ba0929542a314d27cd3dac..a416dd7ee7d1d9d458ac606a60eb033830b31b1f 100644
--- a/reset.yml
+++ b/reset.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   tasks:
-    - name: Check ansible version <2.7
+    - name: "Check ansible version !=2.7.0"
       assert:
         msg: "Ansible V2.7.0 can't be used until: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46600 is fixed"
         that:
-          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "<")
+          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "!=")
           - ansible_version.string is version("2.5.0", ">=")
       tags:
         - check
diff --git a/scale.yml b/scale.yml
index 1be060ce384662ba21e26313b72d83ffb80ece60..2dc55eceb21a77a05f3cbe293713fe5539f4bca4 100644
--- a/scale.yml
+++ b/scale.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   tasks:
-    - name: Check ansible version <2.7
+    - name: "Check ansible version !=2.7.0"
       assert:
         msg: "Ansible V2.7.0 can't be used until: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46600 is fixed"
         that:
-          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "<")
+          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "!=")
           - ansible_version.string is version("2.5.0", ">=")
       tags:
         - check
diff --git a/upgrade-cluster.yml b/upgrade-cluster.yml
index 8397341f4e8bf061562a8e6a4c276e0d2393b0c1..27d4270236cc45d5420b3d979cf8eb7c4ed78748 100644
--- a/upgrade-cluster.yml
+++ b/upgrade-cluster.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   tasks:
-    - name: Check ansible version <2.7
+    - name: "Check ansible version !=2.7.0"
       assert:
         msg: "Ansible V2.7.0 can't be used until: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46600 is fixed"
         that:
-          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "<")
+          - ansible_version.string is version("2.7.0", "!=")
           - ansible_version.string is version("2.5.0", ">=")
       tags:
         - check