diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm b/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm
index c54166ccd..e26b88448 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ seed_vm_root_capacity: 50G
 seed_vm_root_format: qcow2
 
 # Base image for the seed VM root volume.
-seed_vm_root_image: "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.1.1911-20200113.3.x86_64.qcow2"
+seed_vm_root_image: "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.2.2004-20200611.2.x86_64.qcow2"
 
 # Capacity of the seed VM data volume.
 seed_vm_data_capacity: 100G
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml b/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
index 563a74433..7e574f8ad 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #seed_vm_root_format:
 
 # Base image for the seed VM root volume. Default is
-# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.1.1911-20200113.3.x86_64.qcow2".
+# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.2.2004-20200611.2.x86_64.qcow2".
 #seed_vm_root_image:
 
 # Capacity of the seed VM data volume.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/seed-vm-centos-8.2-36b7a480a7725da1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/seed-vm-centos-8.2-36b7a480a7725da1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3644b7a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/seed-vm-centos-8.2-36b7a480a7725da1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Updates the default image for the seed VM to CentOS 8.2.
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes an issue with seed service deployment where modifying the overcloud
+    image fails on a CentOS 8.1 host with a CentOS 8.2 ``bifrost_deploy``
+    container, by updating the default image for the seed VM to CentOS 8.2.
+    See `story 2007942 <https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2007942>`__
+    for details.