diff --git a/doc/source/admin/upgrades/major-upgrades.rst b/doc/source/admin/upgrades/major-upgrades.rst
index 2069bb13fd..d6598520bd 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/upgrades/major-upgrades.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/upgrades/major-upgrades.rst
@@ -187,13 +187,15 @@ Upgrade infrastructure
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 We can now go ahead with the upgrade of all the infrastructure components. To
-ensure that rabbitmq and mariadb are upgraded, we pass the appropriate flags.
+ensure that rabbitmq and mariadb are upgraded, and to handle the transition
+from the nova placement service to the extracted placement service, we pass
+the appropriate flags.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    # openstack-ansible setup-infrastructure.yml -e 'galera_upgrade=true' -e 'rabbitmq_upgrade=true'
+    # openstack-ansible setup-infrastructure.yml -e 'galera_upgrade=true' -e 'rabbitmq_upgrade=true' -e 'placement_migrate_flag=true'
 
-With this complete, we can no restart the mariadb containers one at a time,
+With this complete, we can now restart the mariadb containers one at a time,
 ensuring that each is started, responding, and synchronized with the other
 nodes in the cluster before moving on to the next steps. This step allows
 the LXC container configuration that you applied earlier to take effect,
@@ -206,8 +208,21 @@ ensuring that the containers are restarted in a controlled fashion.
 Upgrade OpenStack
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-We can now go ahead with the upgrade of all the OpenStack components.
+We can now go ahead with the upgrade of all the OpenStack components, passing
+the flag that enabled the transition from the nova placement service to the
+extracted placement service.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    # openstack-ansible setup-openstack.yml
+    # openstack-ansible setup-openstack.yml -e 'placement_migrate_flag=true'
+
+Remove legacy nova placement service backends
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Now that the new extracted placement service is operational, we can remove the
+legacy implementation from the load balancer.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    # openstack-ansible haproxy-install.yml
+
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml b/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml
index 2b3ec98184..c83b2c8e03 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ haproxy_galera_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
 haproxy_glance_registry_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
 haproxy_keystone_admin_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
 haproxy_nova_metadata_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
-haproxy_nova_placement_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
 haproxy_rabbitmq_management_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
 haproxy_repo_git_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
 haproxy_repo_cache_whitelist_networks: "{{ haproxy_whitelist_networks }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/os-placement-install.yml b/playbooks/os-placement-install.yml
index e8509775d7..a9f0218140 100644
--- a/playbooks/os-placement-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/os-placement-install.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@
       include_tasks: common-tasks/package-cache-proxy.yml
       when: install_method == "source"
 
+    - name: Stop nova-placement-api services for the upgrade
+      delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
+      service:
+        name: nova-placement-api
+        state: stopped
+        enabled: no
+      when: placement_migrate_flag | default(False)
+      with_items: "{{ groups['nova_api_placement'] }}"
+      run_once: true
+      ignore_errors: true
+
   roles:
     - role: "os_placement"
     - role: "system_crontab_coordination"
diff --git a/scripts/run-upgrade.sh b/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
index b05f05fc50..d13a71f05f 100755
--- a/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ export SCRIPTS_PATH="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
 export MAIN_PATH="$(dirname "${SCRIPTS_PATH}")"
 
 # The expected source series name
-export SOURCE_SERIES="rocky"
+export SOURCE_SERIES="stein"
 
 # The expected target series name
-export TARGET_SERIES="stein"
+export TARGET_SERIES="train"
 
 ## Functions -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -168,18 +168,22 @@ function main {
     bootstrap_ansible
 
     pushd ${MAIN_PATH}/playbooks
-        RUN_TASKS+=("${SCRIPTS_PATH}/upgrade-utilities/deploy-config-changes.yml")
         RUN_TASKS+=("${SCRIPTS_PATH}/upgrade-utilities/pip-conf-removal.yml")
-        # we don't want to trigger container restarts for these groups yet
-        RUN_TASKS+=("setup-hosts.yml --limit '!galera_all:!rabbitmq_all'")
-        # add new container config to containers but don't restart
-        RUN_TASKS+=("setup-hosts.yml -e 'lxc_container_allow_restarts=false' --limit 'galera_all:rabbitmq_all'")
+        RUN_TASKS+=("${SCRIPTS_PATH}/upgrade-utilities/deploy-config-changes.yml -e 'placement_migrate_flag=true'")
+        # we don't want to trigger container restarts for galera and rabbit
+        # but as there will be no hosts available for metal deployments,
+        # as a fallback option we just run setup-hosts.yml without any arguments
+        RUN_TASKS+=("setup-hosts.yml --limit '!galera_all:!rabbitmq_all' && \
+                     openstack-ansible setup-hosts.yml -e 'lxc_container_allow_restarts=false' --limit 'galera_all:rabbitmq_all' || \
+                     openstack-ansible setup-hosts.yml")
         # upgrade infrastructure
-        RUN_TASKS+=("setup-infrastructure.yml -e 'galera_upgrade=true' -e 'rabbitmq_upgrade=true'")
+        RUN_TASKS+=("setup-infrastructure.yml -e 'galera_upgrade=true' -e 'rabbitmq_upgrade=true' -e 'placement_migrate_flag=true'")
         # explicitly perform controlled galera cluster restart with new lxc config
         RUN_TASKS+=("${SCRIPTS_PATH}/upgrade-utilities/galera-cluster-rolling-restart.yml")
         # upgrade openstack
-        RUN_TASKS+=("setup-openstack.yml")
+        RUN_TASKS+=("setup-openstack.yml -e 'placement_migrate_flag=true'")
+        # run haproxy setup again without the placement migrate flag to remove the nova placement api backends
+        RUN_TASKS+=("haproxy-install.yml")
         # Run the tasks in order
         for item in ${!RUN_TASKS[@]}; do
           echo "### NOW RUNNING: ${RUN_TASKS[$item]}"
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/deploy-config-changes.yml b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/deploy-config-changes.yml
index 9b10e6a8a0..470b126b30 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/deploy-config-changes.yml
+++ b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/deploy-config-changes.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         line: "{{ item }}"
       with_items: "{{ new_secrets.stdout_lines }}"
       when:
-        - "user_secrets.stdout.find(item) == -1"
+        - not (user_secrets.stdout | regex_search('((^|\n)' ~ item ~ ')'))
       tags:
         - update-secrets
 
@@ -97,3 +97,30 @@
         state: absent
       tags:
         - remove-fact-cache
+
+    - name: Define placement service hosts
+      copy:
+        dest: /etc/openstack_deploy/conf.d/placement.yml
+        content: |-
+          {% set config = {'placement-infra_hosts': {}} %}
+          {% for host in groups['compute-infra_hosts'] %}
+          {%   set _ = config['placement-infra_hosts'].update(
+                 {
+                   host: {
+                     'ip': hostvars[host]['container_address']
+                     }
+                 }
+               ) %}
+          {% endfor %}
+          {{ config | to_yaml }}
+      when:
+        - placement_migrate_flag | default(False)
+        - not ('placement-infra_hosts' in groups and groups['placement-infra_hosts'])
+
+    - name: Set placement service is_metal property
+      copy:
+        dest: /etc/openstack_deploy/env.d/placement_metal.yml
+        content: "{{ '---\n' ~ {'container_skel': {'placement_container': {'properties': {'is_metal': true}}}} | to_yaml }}"
+      when:
+        - placement_migrate_flag | default(False)
+        - hostvars[groups['nova_api_placement'][0]]['is_metal'] | default(False)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/galera-cluster-rolling-restart.yml b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/galera-cluster-rolling-restart.yml
index 72323e3f05..fc27fdc83a 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/galera-cluster-rolling-restart.yml
+++ b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/galera-cluster-rolling-restart.yml
@@ -32,12 +32,22 @@
         name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
         state: "stopped"
       delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+      when: not hostvars[inventory_hostname]['is_metal']
 
     - name: Start container
       lxc_container:
         name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
         state: "started"
       delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+      when: not hostvars[inventory_hostname]['is_metal']
+
+    - name: Start mariadb
+      service:
+        name: mysql
+        state: started
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 10
+      when: hostvars[inventory_hostname]['is_metal']
 
   post_tasks:
     - name: Wait for mariadb port 3306 to be available