diff --git a/awx/main/utils.py b/awx/main/utils.py
index 1c61dfd8ae..1d07e5f4f7 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def get_ansible_version():
         proc = subprocess.Popen(['ansible', '--version'],
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         result = proc.communicate()[0]
-        stripped_result = result.lower().replace('ansible', '').strip().split(" ")[0]
+        stripped_result = result.split('\n')[0].replace('ansible', '').strip()
         return stripped_result
     except:
         return 'unknown'