diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
index 3471754b..9fb1a340 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
           set -euxo pipefail
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install podman
+          # FIXME: WA https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/6707
+          pip install --force-reinstall requests==2.31.0
 
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4