diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
index ab33dace01b..2dd5dc934a5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_bucket.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
       - C(ObjectWriter) - The uploading account will own the object
         if the object is uploaded with the bucket-owner-full-control canned ACL.
       - This option cannot be used together with a I(delete_object_ownership) definition.
+      - Management of bucket ownership controls requires botocore>=1.18.11.
     choices: [ 'BucketOwnerPreferred', 'ObjectWriter' ]
     type: str
     version_added: 2.0.0
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@
     description:
       - Delete bucket's ownership controls.
       - This option cannot be used together with a I(object_ownership) definition.
+      - Management of bucket ownership controls requires botocore>=1.18.11.
     default: false
     type: bool
     version_added: 2.0.0
@@ -769,6 +771,8 @@ def get_bucket_ownership_cntrl(s3_client, module, bucket_name):
     '''
     Get current bucket public access block
     '''
+    if not module.botocore_at_least('1.18.11'):
+        return None
     try:
         bucket_ownership = s3_client.get_bucket_ownership_controls(Bucket=bucket_name)
         return bucket_ownership['OwnershipControls']['Rules'][0]['ObjectOwnership']
@@ -948,6 +952,9 @@ def main():
     delete_object_ownership = module.params.get('delete_object_ownership')
     object_ownership = module.params.get('object_ownership')
 
+    if delete_object_ownership or object_ownership:
+        module.require_botocore_at_least('1.18.11', reason='to manipulate bucket ownership controls')
+
     # Parameter validation
     if encryption_key_id is not None and encryption != 'aws:kms':
         module.fail_json(msg="Only 'aws:kms' is a valid option for encryption parameter when you specify encryption_key_id.")
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory
index 62dcff0fbe7..08de6917968 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/inventory
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [tests]
+ownership_controls
 missing
 simple
 complex
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ tags
 encryption_kms
 encryption_sse
 public_access
-ownership_controls
 
 [all:vars]
 ansible_connection=local
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/ownership_controls.yml b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/ownership_controls.yml
index c651aac861e..4d68138804c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/ownership_controls.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/s3_bucket/roles/s3_bucket/tasks/ownership_controls.yml
@@ -6,102 +6,121 @@
       security_token: "{{ security_token | default(omit) }}"
       region: "{{ aws_region }}"
   block:
-
-    # ============================================================
+    - pip:
+        name: virtualenv
     - set_fact:
-        local_bucket_name: "{{ bucket_name | hash('md5')}}ownership"
-
-    - name: 'Create a simple bucket bad value for ownership controls'
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: present
-        object_ownership: default
-      ignore_errors: true
-      register: output
-
-    - assert:
-        that:
-          - output.failed
-
-    - name: 'Create bucket with object_ownership set to object_writer'
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: present
-      ignore_errors: true
-      register: output
-
-    - assert:
-        that:
-          - output.changed
-          - not output.object_ownership|bool
-
-    - name: delete s3 bucket
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: absent
-
-    - name: 'create s3 bucket with object ownership controls'
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: present
-        object_ownership: ObjectWriter
-      register: output
-
-    - assert:
-        that:
-          - output.changed
-          - output.object_ownership
-          - output.object_ownership == 'ObjectWriter'
-
-    - name: 'update s3 bucket ownership controls'
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: present
-        object_ownership: BucketOwnerPreferred
-      register: output
-
-    - assert:
-        that:
-          - output.changed
-          - output.object_ownership
-          - output.object_ownership == 'BucketOwnerPreferred'
-
-    - name: 'test idempotency update s3 bucket ownership controls'
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: present
-        object_ownership: BucketOwnerPreferred
-      register: output
-
-    - assert:
-        that:
-          - output.changed is false
-          - output.object_ownership
-          - output.object_ownership == 'BucketOwnerPreferred'
-
-    - name: 'delete s3 bucket ownership controls'
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: present
-        delete_object_ownership: true
-      register: output
-
-    - assert:
-        that:
-          - output.changed
-          - not output.object_ownership|bool
-    
-    - name: 'delete s3 bucket ownership controls once again (idempotency)'
-      s3_bucket:
-        name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
-        state: present
-        delete_object_ownership: true
-      register: idempotency
+        virtualenv: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/virtualenv"
+        virtualenv_command: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -m virtualenv"
+    - set_fact:
+        virtualenv_interpreter: "{{ virtualenv }}/bin/python"
+    - pip:
+        name:
+          - 'boto3>=1.13.0'
+          - 'botocore==1.18.11'
+          - 'coverage<5'
+        virtualenv: '{{ virtualenv }}'
+        virtualenv_command: '{{ virtualenv_command }}'
+        virtualenv_site_packages: no
 
-    - assert:
-        that:
-          - not idempotency.changed
-          - not idempotency.object_ownership|bool
+    # ============================================================
+    - name: Wrap test in virtualenv
+      vars:
+        ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ virtualenv }}/bin/python"
+      block:
+        - set_fact:
+            local_bucket_name: "{{ bucket_name | hash('md5')}}ownership"
+
+        - name: 'Create a simple bucket bad value for ownership controls'
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: present
+            object_ownership: default
+          ignore_errors: true
+          register: output
+
+        - assert:
+            that:
+              - output.failed
+
+        - name: 'Create bucket with object_ownership set to object_writer'
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: present
+          ignore_errors: true
+          register: output
+
+        - assert:
+            that:
+              - output.changed
+              - not output.object_ownership|bool
+
+        - name: delete s3 bucket
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: absent
+
+        - name: 'create s3 bucket with object ownership controls'
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: present
+            object_ownership: ObjectWriter
+          register: output
+
+        - assert:
+            that:
+              - output.changed
+              - output.object_ownership
+              - output.object_ownership == 'ObjectWriter'
+
+        - name: 'update s3 bucket ownership controls'
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: present
+            object_ownership: BucketOwnerPreferred
+          register: output
+
+        - assert:
+            that:
+              - output.changed
+              - output.object_ownership
+              - output.object_ownership == 'BucketOwnerPreferred'
+
+        - name: 'test idempotency update s3 bucket ownership controls'
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: present
+            object_ownership: BucketOwnerPreferred
+          register: output
+
+        - assert:
+            that:
+              - output.changed is false
+              - output.object_ownership
+              - output.object_ownership == 'BucketOwnerPreferred'
+
+        - name: 'delete s3 bucket ownership controls'
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: present
+            delete_object_ownership: true
+          register: output
+
+        - assert:
+            that:
+              - output.changed
+              - not output.object_ownership|bool
+
+        - name: 'delete s3 bucket ownership controls once again (idempotency)'
+          s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
+            state: present
+            delete_object_ownership: true
+          register: idempotency
+
+        - assert:
+            that:
+              - not idempotency.changed
+              - not idempotency.object_ownership|bool
 
   # ============================================================
   always:
@@ -117,3 +136,7 @@
         name: '{{ local_bucket_name }}'
         state: absent
       ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - file:
+        path: "{{ virtualenv }}"
+        state: absent