diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index 2baf575fc..445b24e04 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@ $APT_PATH/apt -y install python3-pip
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9510474/removing-pips-cache/61762308#61762308
 pip config set global.cache-dir false
 echo -e "\n\n'pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core' will now run:\n"
-pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core
+if grep -qr buster /etc/apt; then
+    pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core==2.11.6    # TEMPORARY support for RasPiOS Buster's Python 3.7
+else
+    pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core    # ansible-core 2.12 (ETA 2021-11-08) requires Python >= 3.8
+fi
 
 # (Re)running collection installs appears safe, with --force-with-deps to force
 # upgrade of collection and dependencies it pulls in.  Note Ansible may support