diff --git a/deploy-guide/source/conf.py b/deploy-guide/source/conf.py
index 035e5986ce..cff2aef329 100644
--- a/deploy-guide/source/conf.py
+++ b/deploy-guide/source/conf.py
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ pdf_documents = [
 
 latest_tag = os.popen('git describe --abbrev=0 --tags').read().strip('\n')
 
-previous_release_branch_name='ocata'
-current_release_branch_name='pike'
+previous_release_branch_name='pike'
+current_release_branch_name='queens'
 # Var specifically for using in URLs; differs because it might be 'draft'
 # on master for deploy guide
 deploy_branch_link_name = current_release_branch_name
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index d5bb467a5d..5409903e6f 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ pdf_documents = [
 latest_tag = os.popen('git describe --abbrev=0 --tags').read().strip('\n')
 
 # Used for the upgrade documentation
-previous_release_branch_name = 'ocata'
-current_release_branch_name = 'pike'
+previous_release_branch_name = 'pike'
+current_release_branch_name = 'queens'
 
 # dev docs have no branch specified on master; for stable braches it's "/branch/"
 watermark = os.popen("git branch --contains $(git rev-parse HEAD) | awk -F/ '/stable/ {print $2}'").read().strip(' \n\t').capitalize()
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index fc62d02aeb..0c560b5499 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ configuration of an OpenStack environment.
 
 Documentation for each of the following releases is available.
 
-Pike: Pre-release
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Queens: Pre-release
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-OpenStack-Ansible Pike is currently in development.
+OpenStack-Ansible Queens is currently in development.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ OpenStack-Ansible Pike is currently in development.
    contributor/index
    reference/index
 
+Pike: Release Candidate
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+OpenStack-Ansible Pike is currently a release candidate, expected to release
+with the 16.0.0 tag by 15 September 2017.
+
+* `OpenStack-Ansible Pike Documentation`_
+
+* `OpenStack-Ansible Pike series release notes`_
+
+.. _OpenStack-Ansible Pike Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/openstack-ansible/pike/
+.. _OpenStack-Ansible Pike series release notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/openstack-ansible/pike.html
+
 Ocata: Current stable release, security supported
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh b/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
index 379f08b59e..371ca3426e 100755
--- a/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export ACTION=${2:-"deploy"}
 # Set the source branch for upgrade tests
 # Be sure to change this whenever a new stable branch
 # is created. The checkout must always be N-1.
-export UPGRADE_SOURCE_BRANCH=${UPGRADE_SOURCE_BRANCH:-'stable/ocata'}
+export UPGRADE_SOURCE_BRANCH=${UPGRADE_SOURCE_BRANCH:-'stable/pike'}
 
 ## Change branch for Upgrades ------------------------------------------------
 # If the action is to upgrade, then store the current SHA,
diff --git a/scripts/run-upgrade.sh b/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
index b2c7bd2b4e..8822c10021 100755
--- a/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ export UPGRADE_PLAYBOOKS="${SCRIPTS_PATH}/upgrade-utilities/playbooks"
 export I_REALLY_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING=${I_REALLY_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING:-"false"}
 
 # The expected source series name
-export SOURCE_SERIES="ocata"
+export SOURCE_SERIES="pike"
 
 # The expected target series name
-export TARGET_SERIES="pike"
+export TARGET_SERIES="queens"
 
 ## Functions -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/deploy-config-changes.yml b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/deploy-config-changes.yml
index cde1ce7362..ed85d8ccec 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/deploy-config-changes.yml
+++ b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/playbooks/deploy-config-changes.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   vars:
       upgrade_scripts: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../scripts"
       repo_root_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../../../"
-      source_series: "ocata"
+      source_series: "pike"
       ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
   tasks:
       - name: Create an old copy of openstack_deploy