diff --git a/ansible/roles/os/tasks/ansible.yml b/ansible/roles/os/tasks/ansible.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..338be6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/os/tasks/ansible.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- name: Install pip-packages
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    executable: pip3
+    state: latest
+  loop: "{{ pip-packages }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/os/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/os/tasks/main.yml
index 8eef0d4..4983a43 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/os/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/os/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 
 - name: Install packages
   import_tasks: packages.yml
+
+- name: Install ansible
+  import_tasks: ansible.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/os/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/os/vars/main.yml
index 55f4a79..a08f2e9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/os/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/os/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 packages:
-  - ansible
+  # (python3-*) Dependency for installation of Ansible
+  - python3-pip
+  - python3-setuptools
+  - python3-wheel
+  # (libxml2-utils) Dependency for xmllint
   - libxml2-utils
+
+pip-packages:
+  - pip
+  - ansible-core
diff --git a/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml b/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml
index 3fec363..caa817d 100644
--- a/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml
+++ b/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PropertyCategories:
     Type: password(7..)
     Label: Local root password*
     Description: ''
-    DefaultValue: password
+    DefaultValue: ''
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true
   - Key: guestinfo.ntpserver