diff --git a/.gitreview b/.gitreview
index b249296..bdc3b95 100644
--- a/.gitreview
+++ b/.gitreview
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 host=review.openstack.org
 port=29418
 project=openstack/charm-ceilometer.git
+
+defaultbranch=stable/18.11
diff --git a/charm-helpers-hooks.yaml b/charm-helpers-hooks.yaml
index b94d336..4c9c092 100644
--- a/charm-helpers-hooks.yaml
+++ b/charm-helpers-hooks.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-repo: https://github.com/juju/charm-helpers
+repo: https://github.com/juju/charm-helpers@stable/18.11
 destination: hooks/charmhelpers
 include:
     - core
diff --git a/tests/basic_deployment.py b/tests/basic_deployment.py
index 164d5aa..4c6d4a8 100644
--- a/tests/basic_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/basic_deployment.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class CeilometerBasicDeployment(OpenStackAmuletDeployment):
     no_origin = ['memcached', 'percona-cluster', 'rabbitmq-server',
                  'ceph-mon', 'ceph-osd']
 
-    def __init__(self, series, openstack=None, source=None, stable=False):
+    def __init__(self, series, openstack=None, source=None, stable=True):
         """Deploy the entire test environment."""
         super(CeilometerBasicDeployment, self).__init__(series, openstack,
                                                         source, stable)