diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_system.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_system.yml
index 880ceb284..ecc180e30 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_system.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_system.yml
@@ -51,10 +51,16 @@
 
 - name: fail on unsupported ansible version
   fail:
-    msg: "Ansible version must be >= 1.9, please update!"
+    msg: "Ansible version must be >= 2.3.x, please update!"
   when:
-    - ansible_version.major|int == 1
-    - ansible_version.minor|int < 9
+    - ansible_version.major|int < 2
+
+- name: fail on unsupported ansible version
+  fail:
+    msg: "Ansible version must be >= 2.3.x, please update!"
+  when:
+    - ansible_version.major|int == 2
+    - ansible_version.minor|int < 3
 
 - name: fail if systemd is not present
   fail: