diff --git a/diskimage-create/README.rst b/diskimage-create/README.rst
index 1a2f386543..7499ca1ec9 100644
--- a/diskimage-create/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage-create/README.rst
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Command syntax:
             [-a **amd64** | armhf | aarch64 | ppc64le ]
             [-b **haproxy** ]
             [-c **~/.cache/image-create** | <cache directory> ]
-            [-d **focal**/**9-stream**/**9** | <other release id> ]
+            [-d **jammy**/**9-stream**/**9** | <other release id> ]
             [-e]
             [-f]
             [-g **repository branch** | stable/train | stable/stein | ... ]
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Command syntax:
         '-a' is the architecture type for the image (default: amd64)
         '-b' is the backend type (default: haproxy)
         '-c' is the path to the cache directory (default: ~/.cache/image-create)
-        '-d' distribution release id (default on ubuntu: focal)
+        '-d' distribution release id (default on ubuntu: jammy)
         '-e' enable complete mandatory access control systems when available (default: permissive)
         '-f' disable tmpfs for build
         '-g' build the image for a specific OpenStack Git branch (default: current repository branch)
diff --git a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
index c91e097f34..86e2cea607 100755
--- a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
+++ b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "            [-a **amd64** | armhf | aarch64 | ppc64le]"
     echo "            [-b **haproxy** ]"
     echo "            [-c **~/.cache/image-create** | <cache directory> ]"
-    echo "            [-d **focal**/**9-stream**/**9** | <other release id> ]"
+    echo "            [-d **jammy**/**9-stream**/**9** | <other release id> ]"
     echo "            [-e]"
     echo "            [-f]"
     echo "            [-g **repository branch** | stable/train | stable/stein | ... ]"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "        '-a' is the architecture type for the image (default: amd64)"
     echo "        '-b' is the backend type (default: haproxy)"
     echo "        '-c' is the path to the cache directory (default: ~/.cache/image-create)"
-    echo "        '-d' distribution release id (default on ubuntu: focal)"
+    echo "        '-d' distribution release id (default on ubuntu: jammy)"
     echo "        '-e' enable complete mandatory access control systems when available (default: permissive)"
     echo "        '-f' disable tmpfs for build"
     echo "        '-g' build the image for a specific OpenStack Git branch (default: current repository branch)"
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ AMP_CACHEDIR="$( cd "$AMP_CACHEDIR" && pwd )"
 AMP_BASEOS=${AMP_BASEOS:-"ubuntu-minimal"}
 
 if [ "$AMP_BASEOS" = "ubuntu-minimal" ]; then
-    export DIB_RELEASE=${AMP_DIB_RELEASE:-"focal"}
+    export DIB_RELEASE=${AMP_DIB_RELEASE:-"jammy"}
 elif [ "${AMP_BASEOS}" = "rhel" ]; then
     export DIB_RELEASE=${AMP_DIB_RELEASE:-"9"}
 elif [ "${AMP_BASEOS}" = "centos-minimal" ]; then
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/update-ubuntu-amphora-image-default-to-jammy-fad22bfb80a13f2b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/update-ubuntu-amphora-image-default-to-jammy-fad22bfb80a13f2b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efe2fb64b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/update-ubuntu-amphora-image-default-to-jammy-fad22bfb80a13f2b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    ``diskimage-create.sh`` has been updated to build Ubuntu Jammy (22.04)
+    amphora images per default.
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index fc847bb98b..284560c694 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
         amphora_os: ubuntu
         amphora_os_release: focal
 
+- job:
+    name: publish-openstack-octavia-amphora-image-jammy
+    parent: publish-openstack-octavia-amphora-image
+    nodeset: ubuntu-jammy
+    description: |
+      Publish Ubuntu Jammy (22.04) based amphora image to tarballs.o.o.
+    vars:
+        amphora_os: ubuntu
+        amphora_os_release: jammy
+
 - job:
     name: publish-openstack-octavia-amphora-image-centos-9-stream
     nodeset: centos-9-stream