diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/default.nix
index dff12fcaf92..e6e7b453276 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 91fc2c50fcf..eaba5225150 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/default.nix
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@
 {
   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 = "2.7.11";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0zipzm9al6k74h88b6zkddpcbxqs4cms7lidid6wn1vx3d3dxrp7";
+    };
+  }));
 
   ansible_2_6 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication (ansible.overridePythonAttrs(old: rec {
     pname = "ansible";
-    version = "2.6.15";
+    version = "2.6.17";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1l4ji9sryfn0l651hy6cf5zqq8fpwi956c7qzjm4sihz5ps6wyhd";
-    };
-  }));
-
-  ansible_2_5 = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication (ansible.overridePythonAttrs(old: rec {
-    pname = "ansible";
-    version = "2.5.15";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1w9wfv1s2jq6vkx1hm6n69zwxv2pgjj7nidyg452miwh684jpg7z";
+      sha256 = "0ixr3g1nb02xblqyk87bzag8sj8phy37m24xflabfl1k2zfh0313";
     };
   }));
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5fccb6c182e..84d917988b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8745,7 +8745,6 @@ in
 
   inherit (callPackage ../tools/admin/ansible { })
     ansible
-    ansible_2_5
     ansible_2_6
     ansible_2_7;