diff --git a/ansible-playbook-workaround b/ansible-playbook-workaround
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3f9c480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-playbook-workaround
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "${1}" == "--version" ] ; then
+  echo "ansible-playbook 2.2.2.0"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+exec ansible-playbook "$@"
diff --git a/packer.atlas.json b/packer.atlas.json
index d30fd16..b88fe62 100644
--- a/packer.atlas.json
+++ b/packer.atlas.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     {
       "type": "ansible",
       "playbook_file": "ansible/playbook.yml",
+      "command": "./ansible-playbook-workaround",
       "extra_arguments": [ "--extra-vars", "mastodon_db_password=CHANGEME" ],
       "ansible_env_vars": [
         "ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=\"~/.ansible-tmp\"",