diff --git a/docs/ansible.md b/docs/ansible.md
index 1ba430f4..1ac08b5f 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.md
+++ b/docs/ansible.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ If your local computer cannot run Ansible, you can also run Ansible on some serv
 
 ## Supported Ansible versions
 
-Ansible 2.5.2 or newer is required.
+Ansible 2.7.0 or newer is required.
 
 
 ## Checking your Ansible version
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ docker run -it --rm \
 -v `pwd`:/work \
 -v $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa:/root/.ssh/id_rsa:ro \
 --entrypoint=/bin/sh \
-devture/ansible:2.9.9-r0
+devture/ansible:2.9.13-r0
 ```
 
 The above command tries to mount an SSH key (`$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa`) into the container (at `/root/.ssh/id_rsa`).
diff --git a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml
index 23f90b85..e504bfe9 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 ---
 
-# We generally support Ansible 2.5.2 and above.
-#
-# Ansible 2.5.0 and 2.5.1 are known to have a bug with `include_tasks` + `with_items`.
-# The bug has been fixed in Ansible 2.5.2.
-- name: Fail if running on Ansible < 2.5 or Ansible 2.5.x (lower than 2.5.2)
+# We generally support Ansible 2.7.0 and above.
+- name: Fail if running on Ansible < 2.7
   fail:
     msg: "You are running on Ansible {{ ansible_version.string }}, which is not supported. See our guide about Ansible: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/blob/master/docs/ansible.md"
-  when: "(ansible_version.major < 2) or (ansible_version.major <= 2 and ansible_version.minor < 5) or (ansible_version.major == 2 and ansible_version.minor == 5 and ansible_version.revision < 2)"
+  when: "(ansible_version.major < 2) or (ansible_version.major <= 2 and ansible_version.minor < 7)"
 
 - name: (Deprecation) Catch and report renamed settings
   fail: