ansible_role_versioncheck/tasks/main.yml

---
- name: "check if ansible version is above {{ check_ansible_version }}"
  assert:
    that:
      - "ansible_version.full is version_compare(check_ansible_version, '>=')"
    fail_msg: "[ERROR] You need at least ansible version {{ check_ansible_version }}. Current Version: {{ ansible_version.full }}"
    success_msg: "Congratulations. You are using ansible version {{ ansible_version.full }}"
  delegate_to: localhost