diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 497ac44b9..a0df3882c 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ authors:
 tags:
   - infrastructure
 repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray
+dependencies:
+  ansible.utils: '>=2.5.0'
 build_ignore:
   - .github
   - '*.tar.gz'
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
index fade43c26..93a8fda66 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 - name: Kubeadm | Check apiserver.crt SANs
   vars:
-    apiserver_ips: "{{ apiserver_sans | map('ipaddr') | reject('equalto', False) | list }}"
+    apiserver_ips: "{{ apiserver_sans | map('ansible.utils.ipaddr') | reject('equalto', False) | list }}"
     apiserver_hosts: "{{ apiserver_sans | difference(apiserver_ips) }}"
   when:
     - kubeadm_already_run.stat.exists
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-set_facts.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-set_facts.yml
index 5bd4181c4..3d41050f5 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-set_facts.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0020-set_facts.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
     - name: Get currently configured nameservers
       set_fact:
-        configured_nameservers: "{{ resolvconf_slurp.content | b64decode | regex_findall('^nameserver\\s*(\\S*)', multiline=True) | ipaddr }}"
+        configured_nameservers: "{{ resolvconf_slurp.content | b64decode | regex_findall('^nameserver\\s*(\\S*)', multiline=True) | ansible.utils.ipaddr }}"
       when: resolvconf_slurp.content is defined
 
 - name: Stop if /etc/resolv.conf not configured nameservers
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml
index 8cc11b6d5..178becf3e 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml
@@ -166,28 +166,28 @@
 - name: "Check that kube_service_addresses is a network range"
   assert:
     that:
-      - kube_service_addresses | ipaddr('net')
+      - kube_service_addresses | ansible.utils.ipaddr('net')
     msg: "kube_service_addresses = '{{ kube_service_addresses }}' is not a valid network range"
   run_once: yes
 
 - name: "Check that kube_pods_subnet is a network range"
   assert:
     that:
-      - kube_pods_subnet | ipaddr('net')
+      - kube_pods_subnet | ansible.utils.ipaddr('net')
     msg: "kube_pods_subnet = '{{ kube_pods_subnet }}' is not a valid network range"
   run_once: yes
 
 - name: "Check that kube_pods_subnet does not collide with kube_service_addresses"
   assert:
     that:
-      - kube_pods_subnet | ipaddr(kube_service_addresses) | string == 'None'
+      - kube_pods_subnet | ansible.utils.ipaddr(kube_service_addresses) | string == 'None'
     msg: "kube_pods_subnet cannot be the same network segment as kube_service_addresses"
   run_once: yes
 
 - name: "Check that IP range is enough for the nodes"
   assert:
     that:
-      - 2 ** (kube_network_node_prefix - kube_pods_subnet | ipaddr('prefix')) >= groups['k8s_cluster'] | length
+      - 2 ** (kube_network_node_prefix - kube_pods_subnet | ansible.utils.ipaddr('prefix')) >= groups['k8s_cluster'] | length
     msg: "Not enough IPs are available for the desired node count."
   when: kube_network_plugin != 'calico'
   run_once: yes
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/install.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/install.yml
index d371440a3..7944295dd 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/install.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 - name: Calico | Ensure that calico_pool_cidr is within kube_pods_subnet when defined
   assert:
-    that: "[calico_pool_cidr] | ipaddr(kube_pods_subnet) | length == 1"
+    that: "[calico_pool_cidr] | ansible.utils.ipaddr(kube_pods_subnet) | length == 1"
     msg: "{{ calico_pool_cidr }} is not within or equal to {{ kube_pods_subnet }}"
   when:
     - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 - name: Calico | Ensure that calico_pool_cidr_ipv6 is within kube_pods_subnet_ipv6 when defined
   assert:
-    that: "[calico_pool_cidr_ipv6] | ipaddr(kube_pods_subnet_ipv6) | length == 1"
+    that: "[calico_pool_cidr_ipv6] | ansible.utils.ipaddr(kube_pods_subnet_ipv6) | length == 1"
     msg: "{{ calico_pool_cidr_ipv6 }} is not within or equal to {{ kube_pods_subnet_ipv6 }}"
   when:
     - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]