diff --git a/ansible/requirements.txt b/ansible/requirements.txt
index a89eb19dead65d12a0c5ae91504729e3bca3eed9..5b90d017c8db6f4a1489967d0d550722bfb9460b 100644
--- a/ansible/requirements.txt
+++ b/ansible/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-ansible>=2.8
+# ansible>=2.7 is needed for using the `k8s` resource
+ansible>=2.7
diff --git a/test/requirements.txt b/test/requirements.txt
index b8c452c2f2201c2d74bab4bedc2fa6cbf962b0fb..206c8817228eba30d79527d565aaad0c779d18a2 100644
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-ansible>=2.8
+# ansible>=2.7 is needed for using the `k8s` resource
+ansible>=2.7
 behave-webdriver>=0.2.2
 certifi>=2019.3.9
 # Needed for ansible k8s resource
 openshift>=0.8.6
+# Needed for testinfra using the ansible module
 paramiko
 psutil>=5.5.0
 pycurl>=7.43.0.2