diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb
index f0a79f53742..5679ef9e9c7 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def set_gathered_ansible_version(stdout_output)
               _, @gathered_version, _ = ansible_version_pattern.captures
               @gathered_version.strip!
               if @gathered_version
-                @gathered_version_major = @gathered_version.match(/(\d)\..+$/).captures[0].to_i
+                @gathered_version_major = @gathered_version.match(/(\d+)\..+$/).captures[0].to_i
               end
             end
           end