diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9ec89a82..b7f4b2967 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --extra=test pyproject.toml
 #
-ansible-core==2.16.6
+ansible-core==2.17.7
     # via teuthology (pyproject.toml)
 apache-libcloud==3.8.0
     # via teuthology (pyproject.toml)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ce8979c8e..a18d92bb7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.10
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
     PyYAML
-    ansible-core==2.16.6
+    ansible-core==2.17.7
     apache-libcloud
     backports.ssl-match-hostname
     beanstalkc3>=0.4.0