diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index fee2de9a..38198849 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -162,9 +162,8 @@ cinder_rpc_backend: rabbit
 cinder_rpc_executor_thread_pool_size: 64
 cinder_rpc_response_timeout: 60
 
-# (StrOpt) Method used to wipe old volumes (valid options are: none, zero,
-# shred)
-cinder_volume_clear: shred
+# (StrOpt) Method used to wipe old volumes (valid options are: none, zero)
+cinder_volume_clear: zero
 # (StrOpt) The flag to pass to ionice to alter the i/o priority of the process
 # used to zero a volume after deletion, for example "-c3" for idle only
 # priority.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/volume_clear_shred_removed-aa0b0e96d70a0221.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/volume_clear_shred_removed-aa0b0e96d70a0221.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cd1b196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/volume_clear_shred_removed-aa0b0e96d70a0221.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - The ``cinder`` project removed the ``shred`` value for the
+    ``volume_clear`` option. The default for the ``os_cinder``
+    OpenStack-Ansible role has changed to ``zero``.