diff --git a/glance_store/_drivers/cinder.py b/glance_store/_drivers/cinder.py
index 3160a758..c54b7b90 100644
--- a/glance_store/_drivers/cinder.py
+++ b/glance_store/_drivers/cinder.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _CINDER_OPTS = [
     cfg.StrOpt('cinder_catalog_info',
-               default='volumev2::publicURL',
+               default='volumev3::publicURL',
                help="""
 Information to match when looking for cinder in the service catalog.
 
diff --git a/glance_store/tests/unit/test_cinder_store.py b/glance_store/tests/unit/test_cinder_store.py
index 858bcbd8..93ca8963 100644
--- a/glance_store/tests/unit/test_cinder_store.py
+++ b/glance_store/tests/unit/test_cinder_store.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TestCinderStore(base.StoreBaseTest,
         fake_sc = [{u'endpoints': [{u'publicURL': u'http://foo/public_url'}],
                     u'endpoints_links': [],
                     u'name': u'cinder',
-                    u'type': u'volumev2'}]
+                    u'type': u'volumev3'}]
         self.context = FakeObject(service_catalog=fake_sc,
                                   user_id='fake_user',
                                   auth_token='fake_token',
diff --git a/glance_store/tests/unit/test_multistore_cinder.py b/glance_store/tests/unit/test_multistore_cinder.py
index 4a9a76f2..cfcfabbc 100644
--- a/glance_store/tests/unit/test_multistore_cinder.py
+++ b/glance_store/tests/unit/test_multistore_cinder.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class TestMultiCinderStore(base.MultiStoreBaseTest,
         fake_sc = [{u'endpoints': [{u'publicURL': u'http://foo/public_url'}],
                     u'endpoints_links': [],
                     u'name': u'cinder',
-                    u'type': u'volumev2'}]
+                    u'type': u'volumev3'}]
         self.context = FakeObject(service_catalog=fake_sc,
                                   user_id='fake_user',
                                   auth_token='fake_token',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1915602-fcc807a435d8a6bf.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1915602-fcc807a435d8a6bf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7869f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1915602-fcc807a435d8a6bf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Default value of the ``cinder_catalog_info`` parameter has been changed
+    from ``volumev2::publicURL`` to ``volumev3::publicURL``, so that
+    the current v3 API is used by default instead of the deprecated v2 API.