diff --git a/playbooks/ansible_version.yml b/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
index 840749af5e2..512f499d247 100644
--- a/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
+++ b/playbooks/ansible_version.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   gather_facts: false
   become: no
   vars:
-    minimal_ansible_version: 2.14.0
-    maximal_ansible_version: 2.15.0
+    minimal_ansible_version: 2.15.3  # 2.15 versions before 2.15.3 are known to be buggy for kubespray
+    maximal_ansible_version: 2.16.0
     ansible_connection: local
   tags: always
   tasks:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2420014f8d3..94da2175152 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-ansible==7.6.0
-cryptography==41.0.1
+ansible==8.4.0
+cryptography==41.0.4
 jinja2==3.1.2
 jmespath==1.0.1
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
-netaddr==0.8.0
+netaddr==0.9.0
 pbr==5.11.1
-ruamel.yaml==0.17.31
+ruamel.yaml==0.17.32
 ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.7