diff --git a/main.yml b/main.yml
index 0f231f4d..78646d97 100644
--- a/main.yml
+++ b/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     - name: Extract ansible version from pyproject.toml
       set_fact:
-        ansible_requirement: "{{ lookup('community.general.toml', 'pyproject.toml', 'project.dependencies') | select('match', '^ansible.*') | first }}"
+        ansible_requirement: "{{ lookup('file', 'pyproject.toml') | regex_search('ansible==[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+') }}"
 
     - name: Parse ansible version requirement
       set_fact: