diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 303a8deea7..4d032803a1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt setup.py
 #
-ansible==4.10.0
+ansible==8.5.0
     # via
     #   ansible-vault
     #   commcare-cloud (setup.py)
-ansible-core==2.11.12
+ansible-core==2.15.6
     # via ansible
 ansible-inventory==0.6.4
     # via commcare-cloud (setup.py)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51f06c9c1a..4c3f416cfd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 install_deps = [
     'ansible-vault==2.1.0',
-    'ansible~=4.3',
+    'ansible~=8.5.0',
     'ansible-inventory==0.6.4',
     'argparse>=1.4',
     'attrs>=18.1.0',