diff --git a/test/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/install_pip.yml b/test/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/install_pip.yml
index dba18a8311..e3582160c8 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/install_pip.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/install_pip.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 - name: install supervisord
   pip:
-    name: supervisor
+    name: supervisor<4.0.0  # supervisor version 4.0.0 fails tests
     state: present