diff --git a/tests/run.yml b/tests/run.yml
index f9be0bf85f..6bc8e93606 100644
--- a/tests/run.yml
+++ b/tests/run.yml
@@ -94,11 +94,14 @@
         state: directory
       become: true
 
+    # TODO(mnasiadka): remove cinder and glance in Victoria
     - name: Ensure configuration directories exist
       file:
         path: "/etc/kolla/config/{{ item }}"
         state: directory
       loop:
+        - cinder
+        - glance
         - nova
         - bifrost
         - swift
@@ -141,6 +144,22 @@
         - src: "tests/templates/ceph-ansible.j2"
           dest: /etc/kolla/ceph-ansible.yml
           when: "{{ scenario == 'ceph-ansible' }}"
+
+        ### TODO(mnasiadka): Remove following ceph-ansible block in Victoria
+        # external ceph: glance-api.conf on upgrade from Train
+        - src: "tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/glance-api.conf.j2"
+          dest: /etc/kolla/config/glance/glance-api.conf
+          when: "{{ scenario == 'ceph-ansible' and is_previous_release and previous_release == 'train' }}"
+        # external ceph: cinder-volume.conf on upgrade from Train
+        - src: "tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-volume.conf.j2"
+          dest: /etc/kolla/config/cinder/cinder-volume.conf
+          when: "{{ scenario == 'ceph-ansible' and is_previous_release and previous_release == 'train' }}"
+        # external ceph: cinder-backup.conf on upgrade from Train
+        - src: "tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-backup.conf.j2"
+          dest: /etc/kolla/config/cinder/cinder-backup.conf
+          when: "{{ scenario == 'ceph-ansible' and is_previous_release and previous_release == 'train' }}"
+      ### TODO(mnasiadka): End of remove block for ceph-ansible in Victoria
+
       when: item.when | default(true)
 
     - block:
@@ -426,6 +445,16 @@
               git log --pretty=oneline  -1
             chdir: "{{ kolla_ansible_src_dir }}"
 
+        # TODO(mnasiadka): Remove in Victoria
+        - name: Remove not needed external ceph required configs
+          file:
+            name: "{{ item }}"
+            state: absent
+          with_items:
+            - /etc/kolla/config/glance/glance-api.conf
+            - /etc/kolla/config/cinder/cinder-volume.conf
+            - /etc/kolla/config/cinder/cinder-backup.conf
+
         - name: Generate configuration files
           template:
             src: "{{ kolla_ansible_local_src_dir }}/{{ item.src }}"
diff --git a/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-backup.conf.j2 b/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-backup.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5ec5d2abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-backup.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{# TODO(mnasiadka): Remove in Victoria #}
+[DEFAULT]
+backup_ceph_conf=/etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+backup_ceph_user=cinder-backup
+backup_ceph_chunk_size = 134217728
+backup_ceph_pool=backups
+backup_driver = cinder.backup.drivers.ceph.CephBackupDriver
+backup_ceph_stripe_unit = 0
+backup_ceph_stripe_count = 0
+restore_discard_excess_bytes = true
diff --git a/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-volume.conf.j2 b/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-volume.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..354c81d08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/cinder-volume.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{# TODO(mnasiadka): Remove in Victoria #}
+
+[DEFAULT]
+enabled_backends=rbd-1
+
+[rbd-1]
+rbd_ceph_conf=/etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+rbd_user=cinder
+backend_host=rbd:volumes
+rbd_pool=volumes
+volume_backend_name=rbd-1
+volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver
+{% raw %}
+rbd_secret_uuid = {{ cinder_rbd_secret_uuid }}
+{% endraw %}
diff --git a/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/glance-api.conf.j2 b/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/glance-api.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdefc2aa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/ceph-ansible-upgrade/glance-api.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{# TODO(mnasiadka): Remove in Victoria #}
+
+[glance_store]
+stores = rbd
+default_store = rbd
+rbd_store_pool = images
+rbd_store_user = glance
+rbd_store_ceph_conf = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
diff --git a/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2 b/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2
index 665435f938..4987afca97 100644
--- a/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/nova-compute-overrides.j2
@@ -2,3 +2,12 @@
 virt_type=qemu
 # NOTE(Jeffrey4l): fix the gate in iax-ord nodes for libvirt 2.0.
 cpu_mode=none
+
+{# TODO(mnasiadka): Remove in Victoria #}
+{% if scenario == 'ceph-ansible' and is_previous_release %}
+[libvirt]
+images_rbd_pool=vms
+images_type=rbd
+images_rbd_ceph_conf=/etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+rbd_user=nova
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 30662ea004..57862be2c8 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -167,6 +167,26 @@
       install_type: source
       is_upgrade: yes
 
+- job:
+    name: kolla-ansible-ubuntu-source-upgrade-ceph-ansible
+    parent: kolla-ansible-ceph-ansible-base
+    nodeset: kolla-ansible-bionic-multi
+    timeout: 9000
+    vars:
+      base_distro: ubuntu
+      install_type: source
+      is_upgrade: yes
+
+- job:
+    name: kolla-ansible-centos-source-upgrade-ceph-ansible
+    parent: kolla-ansible-ceph-ansible-base
+    nodeset: kolla-ansible-centos-multi
+    timeout: 9000
+    vars:
+      base_distro: centos
+      install_type: source
+      is_upgrade: yes
+
 - job:
     name: kolla-ansible-bifrost-centos-source
     parent: kolla-ansible-bifrost-base
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index b315ba7fb8..fa73906c1a 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
         - kolla-ansible-ubuntu-source-mariadb
         - kolla-ansible-centos-source-ceph-ansible
         - kolla-ansible-ubuntu-source-ceph-ansible
+        - kolla-ansible-centos-source-upgrade-ceph-ansible
+        - kolla-ansible-ubuntu-source-upgrade-ceph-ansible
     check-arm64:
       jobs:
         - kolla-ansible-debian-source-aarch64