diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index 8c085a038..47488d836 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -186,15 +186,15 @@ if uname -m | grep -q 64; then
     # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3022
     pip3 config --global set global.no-cache-dir false
     echo -e "\n\n'pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core' will now run:\n"
-    pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core    # ansible-core 2.12 (released 2021-11-08) requires Python >= 3.8
+    pip3 install --break-system-packages --upgrade ansible-core    # ansible-core 2.12 (released 2021-11-08) requires Python >= 3.8
 else
 #    echo "2022-11-09: ansible-core 2.12.10+ PPA works on 32-bit RasPiOS, using /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list, until upstream wheels -> cryptography is fixed (PR #3421)"
 #    $APT_PATH/apt -y --allow-downgrades install ansible-core
     pip3 config --global set global.no-cache-dir false
     echo -e "\n\n'pip3 install cryptography==37.0.4' will now run:\n"
-    pip3 install cryptography==37.0.4 # latest compatible with ansible-core available via piwheels.org
+    pip3 install --break-system-packages cryptography==37.0.4 # latest compatible with ansible-core available via piwheels.org
     echo -e "\n\n'pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core' will now run:\n"
-    pip3 install --upgrade ansible-core # ansible-core 2.12 (released 2021-11-08) requires Python >= 3.8
+    pip3 install --break-system-packages --upgrade ansible-core # ansible-core 2.12 (released 2021-11-08) requires Python >= 3.8
 fi
 
 # (Re)running collection installs appears safe, with --force-with-deps to force