diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index cbfca96..173070c 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ py3_env_pip_pkgs:
 
 py3_env_versioned_pip_pkgs:
   - pkg: "requests"
-    version: "2.29.0"
+    version: '{% if ansible_distribution_version is version_compare("20.04", ">=") %}2.29.0{% else %}2.27.1{% endif %}'
 
 docker_python_deb_pkgs:
   - python3-docker