diff --git a/tasks/check-OPNsense.yml b/tasks/check-OPNsense.yml
index 1d99aadddecea109c6dbbf753a4874f34d7a3442..5e37faeacad1ae0ef60541ceb810272a36ce85fc 100644
--- a/tasks/check-OPNsense.yml
+++ b/tasks/check-OPNsense.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - name: install lxml on controller
   pip:
     name: lxml
+    version: 4.9.4
   delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: check config file contains opnsense xml root