diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdb0ac37d..47505a4de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ It is recommended to run ansible in [Virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/l
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- ansible version >= 2.15
+- ansible version >= 2.16
 
 To install Azure collection hosted in Galaxy:
 
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 7b8068455..92d537954 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: '>=2.15.0'
+requires_ansible: '>=2.16.0'
 action_groups:
   all:
     - azure.azcollection.azure_rm_accesstoken_info
diff --git a/plugins/modules/azure_rm_keyvaultsecret.py b/plugins/modules/azure_rm_keyvaultsecret.py
index f36c86f1a..0b3d767cf 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/azure_rm_keyvaultsecret.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/azure_rm_keyvaultsecret.py
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ def exec_module(self, **kwargs):
         if not self.check_mode:
             # Create secret
             if self.state == 'present' and changed:
+                status = 'Created'
                 if self.get_delete_secret(self.secret_name):
                     if self.recover_if_need:
                         results['secret_id'] = self.recover_delete_secret(self.secret_name)
diff --git a/pr-pipelines.yml b/pr-pipelines.yml
index f6f215a3e..dea772dcf 100644
--- a/pr-pipelines.yml
+++ b/pr-pipelines.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ parameters:
   - name: PYTHON_VER
     displayName: 'Python Version'
     type: string
-    default: "3.9"
+    default: "3.10"
     values:
       - "2.7"
       - "3.6"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parameters:
   - name: ANSIBLE_VER
     displayName: 'Ansible Version'
     type: string
-    default: "2.15"
+    default: "2.16"
     values:
       - "2.9"
       - "2.10"
diff --git a/release-pipelines.yml b/release-pipelines.yml
index d583e814a..ea5326868 100644
--- a/release-pipelines.yml
+++ b/release-pipelines.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pool:
 steps:
   - script: |
       pip install wheel
-      pip install ansible==v2.15.0
+      pip install ansible==v2.16.0
       ansible --version
     displayName: 'install ansible'