diff --git a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
index 5592b7b00..26e7bf812 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     msg: "Ansible version must be >= 2.x, please update!"
   when: ansible_version.major|int < 2
 
-- name: fail on unsupported ansible version
-  fail:
-    msg: "Ansible version must be 2.9!"
-  when:
-    - ansible_version.major|int == 2
-    - ansible_version.minor|int != 9
+# - name: fail on unsupported ansible version
+#   fail:
+#     msg: "Ansible version must be 2.9!"
+#   when:
+#     - ansible_version.major|int == 2
+#     - ansible_version.minor|int != 9
 
 - name: fail on unsupported system
   fail:
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 5820c69e0..0e2bf790c 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 testinfra>=3,<4
 pytest-xdist==1.28.0
 pytest>=4.6,<5.0
-ansible>=2.9,<2.10,!=2.9.10
+ansible>=2.8,<2.9,!=2.9.10
 Jinja2>=2.10
 netaddr
 mock