diff --git a/playbooks/roles/galera_client/tasks/galera_client_install.yml b/playbooks/roles/galera_client/tasks/galera_client_install.yml
index ad0a7ca845..b7d012d725 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/galera_client/tasks/galera_client_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/galera_client/tasks/galera_client_install.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,23 @@
   tags:
     - galera-client-apt-packages
 
+# TODO(cloudnull) -- Remove this after the Mitaka release
+#  This task simply removes the system version of
+#  percona-xtrabackup and xtrabackup if found the
+#  purpose is to ensure that "if" the system version
+#  of the binary is installed its first removed in
+#  favor of the actual upstream package being used in
+#  the next task.
+- name: UnInstall system xtrabackup packages
+  apt:
+    pkg: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  with_items:
+    - percona-xtrabackup
+    - xtrabackup
+  tags:
+    - galera-client-apt-packages
+
 - name: Install galera package
   apt:
     deb: "{{ galera_client_package_path }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/galera_server/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/galera_server/defaults/main.yml
index 6ac41630bc..13602196ba 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/galera_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/galera_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ galera_gpg_keys:
     hash_id: '0x1c4cbdcdcd2efd2a'
 
 # Repositories
-galera_apt_repo_url: "https://mirror.rackspace.com/mariadb/repo/5.5/ubuntu"
+galera_apt_repo_url: "https://mirror.rackspace.com/mariadb/repo/10.0/ubuntu"
 galera_apt_repo:
   repo: "deb {{ galera_apt_repo_url }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
   state: "present"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/galera_server/tasks/galera_install.yml b/playbooks/roles/galera_server/tasks/galera_install.yml
index 5d25320f6b..71dce4c2ff 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/galera_server/tasks/galera_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/galera_server/tasks/galera_install.yml
@@ -47,12 +47,29 @@
   tags:
     - galera-apt-packages
 
+# TODO(cloudnull) -- Remove this after the Mitaka release
+#  This task simply removes the system version of
+#  percona-xtrabackup and xtrabackup if found the
+#  purpose is to ensure that "if" the system version
+#  of the binary is installed its first removed in
+#  favor of the actual upstream package being used in
+#  the next task.
+- name: UnInstall system xtrabackup packages
+  apt:
+    pkg: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  with_items:
+    - percona-xtrabackup
+    - xtrabackup
+  tags:
+    - galera-apt-packages
+
 - name: Install galera package
   apt:
     deb: "{{ galera_package_path }}"
     force: yes
   tags:
-    - galera-client-apt-packages
+    - galera-apt-packages
 
 - name: Install pip packages
   pip: