diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index d25d4d2..de0eca4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+ansible_version: 5.0.1
+ansible_pip_package: ansible
+
 ansible_use_ara: false
+ansible_ara_version: 1.5.7
+ansible_ara_pip_package: ara
+
 ansible_use_mitogen: false
+ansible_mitogen_version: 0.3.0
+ansible_mitogen_pip_package: mitogen
+
 ansible_with_ovh_module: false
 ansible_use_ssh_pipelining: true
diff --git a/tasks/ansible.yaml b/tasks/ansible.yaml
index 124c26c..47cb238 100644
--- a/tasks/ansible.yaml
+++ b/tasks/ansible.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-- name: check version of ansible
-  shell: pip3 show ansible | grep Version | cut -d ' ' -f 2
-  ignore_errors: true
-  changed_when: false
-  register: get_ansible_version
-
-- name: old ansible pip package removed
-  pip:
-    name: ansible
-    state: absent
-    executable: pip3
-  when: ansible_installed_version is version('2.10', '<')
-
 - name: ansible pip package
   pip:
-    name: ansible
-    state: latest
-    executable: pip3
+    name: "{{ansible_pip_package}}"
+    version: "{{ansible_version}}"
diff --git a/tasks/ara.yaml b/tasks/ara.yaml
index e6179d0..6507255 100644
--- a/tasks/ara.yaml
+++ b/tasks/ara.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 - name: ara pip package
   pip:
-    name: ara
-    state: present
-    executable: pip3
+    name: "{{ansible_ara_pip_package}}"
+    version: "{{ansible_ara_version}}"
 
 - name: get ara location
   shell: python3 -c "import os,ara; print(os.path.dirname(ara.__file__))"
diff --git a/tasks/cleanup.yaml b/tasks/cleanup.yaml
index cfbc573..90d3bc1 100644
--- a/tasks/cleanup.yaml
+++ b/tasks/cleanup.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,15 @@
     state: absent
     executable: pip3
   when: not ansible_use_mitogen
+
+- name: check version of ansible
+  shell: pip3 show ansible | grep Version | cut -d ' ' -f 2
+  ignore_errors: true
+  changed_when: false
+  register: get_ansible_version
+
+- name: old ansible pip package removed
+  pip:
+    name: ansible
+    state: absent
+  when: ansible_installed_version is version('2.10', '<')
diff --git a/tasks/mitogen.yaml b/tasks/mitogen.yaml
index b6d3657..1078e37 100644
--- a/tasks/mitogen.yaml
+++ b/tasks/mitogen.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 - name: mitogen pip package
   pip:
-    name: mitogen
-    state: latest
-    executable: pip3
+    name: "{{ansible_mitogen_pip_package}}"
+    version: "{{ansible_mitogen_version}}"
 
 - name: get ansible_mitogen location
   shell: python3 -c "import os,ansible_mitogen; print(os.path.dirname(ansible_mitogen.__file__))"