diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c0b40d80..272a7a39 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 # often breaking changes across major versions.  This is the reason
 # for the upper bound.
 ansible>=8,<10
+# TODO: Remove this pin when possible.  See
+# cisagov/skeleton-packer#312 for more details.
+#
+# ansible-core 2.16.3 and later suffer from the bug discussed in
+# ansible/ansible#82702, which breaks any symlinked files in vars,
+# tasks, etc. for any Ansible role installed via ansible-galaxy.
+#
+# See also cisagov/skeleton-ansible-role#178.
+ansible-core<2.16.3
 boto3
 docopt
 semver