diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 8ebdd06a..a9a3fcc9 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible-lint
+ansible-lint<=2.3.9
 ansible>=1.9.1,<2.0.0
 bashate
 flake8
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ flake8
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+
+# required by Ansible uri module
+httplib2