diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/puppet-lint/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/puppet-lint/run.yaml
index 5f073803..3323e0b3 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/puppet-lint/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/puppet-lint/run.yaml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
           mkdir .bundled_gems
           export GEM_HOME=`pwd`/.bundled_gems
           if [ -f Gemfile ]; then
-            gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose
+            gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --version '<2.0.0'
             $GEM_HOME/bin/bundle install --without system_tests
             $GEM_HOME/bin/bundle exec rake lint 2>&1
           else
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-3/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-3/run.yaml
index b459045a..98b3036a 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-3/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-3/run.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           export PUPPET_GEM_VERSION='~> 3'
           mkdir .bundled_gems
           export GEM_HOME=`pwd`/.bundled_gems
-          gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose
+          gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --version '<2.0.0'
           $GEM_HOME/bin/bundle install --retry 3
           # FUTURE_PARSER=yes is only supported by Puppet 3.x
           if [ "3" -lt "4" ]; then
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-4-centos-7/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-4-centos-7/run.yaml
index f510d370..3cfe619e 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-4-centos-7/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/puppet-syntax-4-centos-7/run.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           export PUPPET_GEM_VERSION='~> 4'
           mkdir .bundled_gems
           export GEM_HOME=`pwd`/.bundled_gems
-          gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose
+          gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --version '<2.0.0'
           $GEM_HOME/bin/bundle install --retry 3
           # FUTURE_PARSER=yes is only supported by Puppet 3.x
           if [ "4" -lt "4" ]; then