diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 2447aaf828dfe433487d09faf8d3f2e26a1e4fdd..bca4e754972fef372c9036f32de957e85d79558e 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 # We need to update the mitogen plugin first in order to update to a newer
 # ansible version
-ansible==5.4.0
+ansible==5.5.0
 # needed for test_dns.py
 dnspython==2.2.1
 # Needed for `install/generate_secrets.py`
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1e34a216ffbc0a6987e5046a53e0a835e83f1813..d9a6c36ae62f2dd51e272d414600e3dd89ce7b49 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 -e git+https://open.greenhost.net/greenhost/cloud-api#egg=greenhost_cloud
     # via -r requirements.in
-ansible==5.4.0
+ansible==5.5.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 ansible-core==2.12.3
     # via ansible