diff --git a/tasks/py3_deb.yml b/tasks/py3_deb.yml
index 0ddf578..c96a65f 100644
--- a/tasks/py3_deb.yml
+++ b/tasks/py3_deb.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
 
 - name: Manage the python pip packages
   tags: [python, py3_env, py3_env_pkgs, python3, py3_pip]
-  when: py3_env_install
+  when:
+    - py3_env_install
+    - ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('22.04', '<=')
   block:
   - name: Remove info of deb python packages so that they can be upgraded using pip
     file: