diff --git a/bootstrap-master.sh b/bootstrap-master.sh
index e22b1b506..31cb5d51c 100755
--- a/bootstrap-master.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-master.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ echo master > /var/tmp/role
 # Packages
 sudo apt-get --yes update
 sudo apt-get --yes upgrade
-sudo apt-get --yes install ansible git screen vim telnet tcpdump python-setuptools gcc python-dev python-pip libssl-dev libffi-dev software-properties-common
+sudo apt-get --yes install git screen vim telnet tcpdump python-setuptools gcc python-dev python-pip libssl-dev libffi-dev software-properties-common
+
+# Get ansible-2.1+, vanilla ubuntu-16.04 ansible (2.0.0.2) is broken due to https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/13876
+sudo sh -c 'apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible;apt-get update;apt-get install -y ansible'
 
 # Kargo-cli
 sudo git clone https://github.com/kubespray/kargo-cli.git /root/kargo-cli