diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb
index fd475040b..c2bad76b2 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
               epel = machine.communicate.execute "#{rpm_package_manager} repolist epel | grep -q epel", error_check: false
               if epel != 0
-                machine.communicate.sudo 'sudo rpm -i https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-`rpm -E %dist | sed -n \'s/.*el\([0-9]\).*/\1/p\'`.noarch.rpm'
+                machine.communicate.sudo "sudo rpm -i #{ansible_epel_download_url(machine)}"
               end
               machine.communicate.sudo "#{rpm_package_manager} -y --enablerepo=epel install ansible"
             end
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               })
             end
 
+            def self.ansible_epel_download_url(machine)
+              dist = ""
+              machine.communicate.execute("rpm -E %dist") do |type, data|
+                dist << data if type == :stdout
+              end
+              dist.strip!
+              dist_major_version = dist.match(/.*el(\d+).*/)&.captures&.first
+              "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-#{dist_major_version}.noarch.rpm"
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55512dc10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+require_relative "../../../../../../base"
+
+require Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/redhat/ansible_install")
+
+describe VagrantPlugins::Ansible::Cap::Guest::RedHat::AnsibleInstall do
+  include_context "unit"
+
+  subject { VagrantPlugins::Ansible::Cap::Guest::RedHat::AnsibleInstall }
+
+  let(:iso_env) do
+    env = isolated_environment
+    env.vagrantfile("")
+    env.create_vagrant_env
+  end
+  let(:machine) { iso_env.machine(iso_env.machine_names[0], :dummy) }
+  let(:communicator) { double("comm") }
+  let(:dist) { ".el8" }
+  let(:epel) { 1 }
+
+  before do
+    allow(machine).to receive(:communicate).and_return(communicator)
+    allow(communicator).to receive(:execute).with("rpm -E %dist").and_yield(:stdout, dist)
+  end
+
+  describe "#ansible_epel_download_url" do
+    it "returns the correct EPEL download URL for RHEL-like versions below 10" do
+      expect(subject.ansible_epel_download_url(machine)).to eq("https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm")
+    end
+
+    context "for RHEL-like versions 10 and above" do
+      let(:dist) { ".el10" }
+      it "returns the correct EPEL download URL" do
+        out = subject.ansible_epel_download_url(machine)
+        expect(out).to eq("https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10.noarch.rpm")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#ansible_rpm_install" do
+    before do
+      expect(communicator).to receive(:test).with("/usr/bin/which -s dnf").and_return(false)
+      expect(communicator).to receive(:execute).with("yum repolist epel | grep -q epel", error_check: false).and_return(epel)
+      expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).with("yum -y --enablerepo=epel install ansible")
+    end
+
+    it "installs ansible package, when epel is not installed" do
+      expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).with("sudo rpm -i https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm")
+      subject.ansible_rpm_install(machine)
+    end
+
+    context "when the EPEL repository is already installed" do
+      let(:epel) { 0 }
+      it "installs ansible package" do
+        expect(communicator).to_not receive(:sudo).with("sudo rpm -i https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm")
+        subject.ansible_rpm_install(machine)
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end