diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/bump-min-ansible-core.yml b/changelogs/fragments/bump-min-ansible-core.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95c109a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/bump-min-ansible-core.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+breaking_changes:
+  - Minimum supported version of ansible-core is now 2.16.
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 324bb3f..8d2f9cb 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: '>=2.15.0'
+requires_ansible: '>=2.16.0'
 action_groups:
   okd:
     - k8s