diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 2b91e0a94fb6230fb3d9539d78ddb95e34d8a9d7..b338f6be1c946fa4bc16b6952313bdea6ddc6967 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
   assert:
     that:
         - ansible_os_family in ['OpenBSD', 'Debian']
-        - ansible_distribution_release in ['6.0', '5.9', 'xenial', 'trusty', 'precise', 'stretch', 'jessie', 'wheezy']
+        - ansible_distribution_release in ['xenial', 'trusty', 'precise', 'stretch', 'jessie', 'wheezy'] or ansible_distribution_version in ['6.0', '5.9']