diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml b/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml
index 5f21a769c3..2449cdf9b9 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all/ceph.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ceph_repository: community
 # The _stable_release var is used by both the OSA ceph_client role and the
 # ceph-ansible roles. It is defaulted in ceph_client but set here to keep the
 # OSA/ceph-ansible integrations in sync.
-ceph_stable_release: octopus
+ceph_stable_release: pacific
 fetch_directory: "{{ openstack_config_dir }}/ceph-fetch/"
 # tries to create /var/log/ceph as a directory and fails if the log link already
 # exists. we handle the log dir creation so this is not something we need
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ceph_pacific-9952da2810a737c1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ceph_pacific-9952da2810a737c1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f626b599b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ceph_pacific-9952da2810a737c1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Ceph-ansible has been switched to version 6.0 and Ceph Pacific is used
+    by default.
+issues:
+  - |
+    There's a `known issue <https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/53062>`_ with
+    upgrade to Ceph Pacific release prior to version 16.2.7.
+    Please, make sure that 16.2.7 or later has been released before performing
+    Ceph upgrade. Otherwise, override ``ceph_stable_release: octopus`` in your
+    user_variables.yml