diff --git a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
index dc39509d8..2f8f8054e 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
@@ -59,18 +59,18 @@
     - ansible_distribution == 'openSUSE Leap'
     - ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('42.3', '<')
 
-- name: fail on unsupported ansible version
+- name: fail on unsupported ansible version (1.X)
   fail:
-    msg: "Ansible version must be >= 2.3.x, please update!"
+    msg: "Ansible version must be >= 2.4.x, please update!"
   when:
     - ansible_version.major|int < 2
 
 - name: fail on unsupported ansible version
   fail:
-    msg: "Ansible version must be >= 2.3.x, please update!"
+    msg: "Ansible version must be between 2.4.x and 2.5.x!"
   when:
     - ansible_version.major|int == 2
-    - ansible_version.minor|int < 3
+    - (ansible_version.minor|int < 4 or ansible_version.minor|int > 5)
 
 - name: fail if systemd is not present
   fail: