diff --git a/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/busybox.yml b/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/busybox.yml
index d6fa4a7b09d..2bd3124a54c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/busybox.yml
+++ b/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/busybox.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   docker_image:
     name: busybox:latest
     pull: yes
-  when: ansible_version.full < "2.8.0"
+  when: ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.8.0', '<')
 
 - name: Pull busybox:latest docker image (Ansible >= '2.8.0')
   docker_image:
     name: busybox:latest
     source: pull
-  when: ansible_version.full >= "2.8.0"
+  when: ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.8.0', '>=')
diff --git a/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 7090e1cfd66..1995a71f83c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/e2e/infra/vagrant/playbook/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: "Checking that Ansible version >= '2.4.0'"
   assert:
-    that: ansible_version.full >= "2.4.0"
+    that: ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.4.0', '>=')
 
 - import_tasks: base.yml