diff --git a/ansible/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/bootstrap.yml
index 134b6b79c395d1a015ad675983a820c0f0b9a130..44809af9d59394fdbac24065072ae467b09e5e88 100644
--- a/ansible/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/bootstrap.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
     - name: Require minimal ansible version
       assert:
         that:
-          - "ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.7', '>=')"
-          - "ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.8', '<')"
+          - "ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.8', '>=')"
         msg: >
-          "Please use Ansible 2.7.x to bootstrap your OAS cluster."
+          "Please use Ansible 2.8.x to bootstrap your OAS cluster."
 
     - name: Release name must start with lower case
       assert: