diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_ansible.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_ansible.py
index f8ca29bd3111..9d0e1ffcdf95 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_ansible.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_ansible.py
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ def install(self, pkg_name: str):
                 import pip  # noqa: F401
             except ImportError:
                 self.distro.install_packages(self.distro.pip_package_name)
-            cmd = [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install"]
+            cmd = [
+                sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "--break-system-packages"
+            ]
             if self.run_user:
                 cmd.append("--user")
             self.do_as([*cmd, "--upgrade", "pip"])