diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 827e9db9849787954a352fdc9fb5073eb55f334d..f090213a56a08ee81b44e4c41d9513130f5e5c99 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -368,27 +368,17 @@
     - "/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/pipreqcheck/requirements.txt"
     - "/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades-py3/pipreqcheck/requirements.txt"
 
-- name: Install latest pip in pip-tools virtual environment
+- name: Install requirements in the pipreqcheck virtual environment
   pip:
-    name:
-      - "pip>=18.0.0,<19.0.0"
-    virtualenv: "{{ item }}"
-  become: true
-  become_user: "pipreqcheck"
-  with_items:
-    - "~pipreqcheck/virtualenv"
-    - "~pipreqcheck/virtualenv-py3"
-
-- name: Install pip-tools if not present
-  pip:
-    name: pip-tools>=2.0.2
-    state: present
-    virtualenv: "{{ item }}"
+    requirements: "{{ item.requirements }}"
+    virtualenv: "{{ item.virtualenv }}"
   become: true
-  become_user: "pipreqcheck"
+  become_user: pipreqcheck
   with_items:
-    - "~pipreqcheck/virtualenv"
-    - "~pipreqcheck/virtualenv-py3"
+    - virtualenv: "~pipreqcheck/virtualenv"
+      requirements: "/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/pipreqcheck/requirements.txt"
+    - virtualenv: "~pipreqcheck/virtualenv-py3"
+      requirements: "/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades-py3/pipreqcheck/requirements.txt"
 
 - name: Synchronise pip-tools virtual environment via deployed requirements file (Python 2)
   shell: "source ~pipreqcheck/virtualenv/bin/activate && pip-sync /etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/pipreqcheck/requirements.txt"