diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 2dde596056..0d7c10ed71 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ REQUIREMENTS_BRANCH=${REQUIREMENTS_BRANCH:-$TARGET_BRANCH}
 
 # Tempest test suite
 TEMPEST_REPO=${TEMPEST_REPO:-${GIT_BASE}/openstack/tempest.git}
-TEMPEST_BRANCH=${TEMPEST_BRANCH:-$BRANCHLESS_TARGET_BRANCH}
-TEMPEST_VENV_UPPER_CONSTRAINTS=${TEMPEST_VENV_UPPER_CONSTRAINTS:-master}
+TEMPEST_BRANCH=${TEMPEST_BRANCH:-41.0.0 }
+TEMPEST_VENV_UPPER_CONSTRAINTS=${TEMPEST_VENV_UPPER_CONSTRAINTS:-$REQUIREMENTS_DIR/upper-constraints.txt}
 
 
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diff --git a/tests/test_refs.sh b/tests/test_refs.sh
index 0f9aa4a5ca..d9b328294a 100755
--- a/tests/test_refs.sh
+++ b/tests/test_refs.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 echo "Ensuring we don't have crazy refs"
 
-REFS=`grep BRANCH stackrc | grep -v 'TARGET_BRANCH' | grep -v 'NOVNC_BRANCH'`
+REFS=`grep BRANCH stackrc | grep -v 'TARGET_BRANCH' | grep -v 'NOVNC_BRANCH' | grep -v 'TEMPEST_BRANCH'`
 rc=$?
 if [[ $rc -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "Branch defaults must be one of the *TARGET_BRANCH values. Found:"