diff --git a/ansible/requirements.txt b/ansible/requirements.txt
index 75eb868d1989249d67174423a82e8313d10215f2..a89eb19dead65d12a0c5ae91504729e3bca3eed9 100644
--- a/ansible/requirements.txt
+++ b/ansible/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-# ansible>=2.7 is needed for using the `k8s` resource
-# [mitogen currently doesn't work with ansible 2.8](https://github.com/dw/mitogen/issues/587)
-ansible>=2.7,<2.8
+ansible>=2.8
diff --git a/test/requirements.txt b/test/requirements.txt
index aa1bb55727dffacc73b3ecf95df51610dc1f94e2..fc656434aef4db430e25c6c4ccf651867e32e921 100644
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# ansible>=2.7 is needed for using the `k8s` resource
-# [mitogen currently doesn't work with ansible 2.8](https://github.com/dw/mitogen/issues/587)
-ansible>=2.7,<2.8
+ansible>=2.8
 behave-webdriver>=0.2.2
 certifi>=2019.3.9
 # Needed for ansible k8s resource