diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix
index dff12fcaf92c..e6e7b4532764 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ansible";
-  version = "2.7.9";
+  version = "2.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "19vyf60zfmnv7frwm96bzqzvia69dysy9apk8bl84vr03ib9vrbf";
+    sha256 = "0ia4x17ywym3r1m96ar4h0wc2xlylhbjp6x4wzwkh4p2i0x1vmg1";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
index 91fc2c50fcf6..85877f668e5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,17 @@
 {
   ansible = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ansible;
 
-  ansible_2_7 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ansible;
+  ansible_2_8 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ansible;
+
+  ansible_2_7 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication (ansible.overridePythonAttrs(old: rec {
+    pname = "ansible";
+    version = "2.7.10";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "15721d0bxymghxnlnknq43lszlxg3ybbcp2p5v424hhw6wg2v944";
+    };
+  }));
 
   ansible_2_6 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication (ansible.overridePythonAttrs(old: rec {
     pname = "ansible";