# ansible-core autoupdate in awx version 21.5.0

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-autoupdate-in-awx-version-21-5-0/37678>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** rhel, awx\
**Created:** [February 20, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-autoupdate-in-awx-version-21-5-0/37678 "2023-02-20T16:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeromearellano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jeromearellano/32/999_2.png) [@jeromearellano](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jeromearellano)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-autoupdate-in-awx-version-21-5-0/37678/1 "2023-02-20T16:14:32Z")

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Hello,

i’m new to this group. I installed ansible AWX version 21.5.0 on RHEL release 8.6 using awx release 0.28.0 and awx-operator release 0.28.0 deployed on K3S single node.  
does anyone know why the ansible-core is already updated to 2.14.2? Is it bound to the python version of each respective RHEL release?  
is it possible to downgrade the ansible-core version?

ansible [core 2.14.2]  
config file = None  
configured module search path = ['/home/runner/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']  
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible  
ansible collection location = /home/runner/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections  
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible  
python version = 3.9.16 (main, Dec 8 2022, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.3.1 20221121 (Red Hat 11.3.1-4)] (/usr/bin/python3)  
jinja version = 3.1.2  
libyaml = True

reason why i need the lower version of ansible-core is i’m managing RHEL6 servers and the as mentioned in the [https://access.redhat.com/articles/6977724](https://access.redhat.com/articles/6977724) quote “RHEL 6 utilizes Python 2.6, and with the release of Ansible Core 2.13, managed nodes running Python 2.6 are no longer supported. Ansible Core 2.13 is planned to be included in RHEL 8.7 and 9.1.”

thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![AWX\_Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AWX\_Project](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Project)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-autoupdate-in-awx-version-21-5-0/37678/2 "2023-02-22T20:06:06Z")

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by default awx uses awx-ee:latest, which contains newer versions of ansible core

if you want an earlier version, you should build a custom EE image to use for your jobs

some links with good information on this

[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creating-custom-ee-awx-phil-griffiths](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creating-custom-ee-awx-phil-griffiths)  
[https://docs.ansible.com/automation-controller/4.1.4/html/upgrade-migration-guide/upgrade\_to\_ees.html#upgrading-to-ees](https://docs.ansible.com/automation-controller/4.1.4/html/upgrade-migration-guide/upgrade_to_ees.html#upgrading-to-ees)

AWX Team

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**Author:** ![jeromearellano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jeromearellano/32/999_2.png) [@jeromearellano](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jeromearellano)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-autoupdate-in-awx-version-21-5-0/37678/3 "2023-02-23T09:21:38Z")

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Thank you for your response. I’ll learn and try to create/use custom EE. Cheers!