diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb
index abe5d08ea..a2533ea9c 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/base.rb
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ gathered version stdout version:
             if ansible_version_pattern
               _, @gathered_version, _ = ansible_version_pattern.captures
               if @gathered_version
-                @gathered_version_major = @gathered_version.match(/^(\d)\..+$/).captures[0].to_i
+                @gathered_version_major = @gathered_version.match(/(\d)\..+$/).captures[0].to_i
               end
             end
           end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
index 5d8527235..318ad0f19 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ VF
         "2.5.0.0-rc1": VagrantPlugins::Ansible::COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V2_0,
         "2.x.y.z": VagrantPlugins::Ansible::COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V2_0,
         "4.3.2.1": VagrantPlugins::Ansible::COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V2_0,
+        "[core 2.11.0]": VagrantPlugins::Ansible::COMPATIBILITY_MODE_V2_0,
       }
       valid_versions.each_pair do |ansible_version, mode|
         describe "and ansible version #{ansible_version}" do