diff --git a/kolla/common/config.py b/kolla/common/config.py
index 70b693f7fa..5b5680c7c5 100644
--- a/kolla/common/config.py
+++ b/kolla/common/config.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ _PROFILE_OPTS = [
 hostarch = os.uname()[4]
 
 _CLI_OPTS = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('base', short='b', default='centos',
+    cfg.StrOpt('base', short='b', default='rocky',
                choices=BASE_OS_DISTRO,
                help='The distro type of the base image.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('base-tag', default='latest',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/default-rocky-4b0d906a455539d8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/default-rocky-4b0d906a455539d8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cec8522b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/default-rocky-4b0d906a455539d8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Default base distribution has been changed from CentOS Stream
+    to Rocky Linux.