diff --git a/manifests/policy.pp b/manifests/policy.pp
index f22509f0..a94e52f4 100644
--- a/manifests/policy.pp
+++ b/manifests/policy.pp
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 #   Defaults to empty hash.
 #
 # [*policy_path*]
-#   (Optional) Path to the glance policy.json file
-#   Defaults to /etc/glance/policy.json
+#   (Optional) Path to the glance policy.yaml file
+#   Defaults to /etc/glance/policy.yaml
 #
 class glance::policy (
   $policies    = {},
-  $policy_path = '/etc/glance/policy.json',
+  $policy_path = '/etc/glance/policy.yaml',
 ) {
 
   include glance::deps
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ class glance::policy (
   validate_legacy(Hash, 'validate_hash', $policies)
 
   Openstacklib::Policy::Base {
-    file_path  => $policy_path,
-    file_user  => 'root',
-    file_group => $::glance::params::group,
-    require    => Anchor['glance::config::begin'],
-    notify     => Anchor['glance::config::end'],
+    file_path   => $policy_path,
+    file_user   => 'root',
+    file_group  => $::glance::params::group,
+    file_format => 'yaml',
+    require     => Anchor['glance::config::begin'],
+    notify      => Anchor['glance::config::end'],
   }
 
   create_resources('openstacklib::policy::base', $policies)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/migrate-policy-format-from-json-to-yaml-06ba9c13ea4cc8f1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/migrate-policy-format-from-json-to-yaml-06ba9c13ea4cc8f1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd7e1a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/migrate-policy-format-from-json-to-yaml-06ba9c13ea4cc8f1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Now policy.yaml is used by default instead of policy.json.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_policy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_policy_spec.rb
index 2a0239d2..5579f4a2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_policy_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe 'glance::policy' do
   shared_examples_for 'glance policies' do
     let :params do
       {
-        :policy_path => '/etc/glance/policy.json',
+        :policy_path => '/etc/glance/policy.yaml',
         :policies    => {
           'context_is_admin' => {
             'key'   => 'context_is_admin',
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ describe 'glance::policy' do
 
     it 'set up the policies' do
       is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__policy__base('context_is_admin').with({
-        :key        => 'context_is_admin',
-        :value      => 'foo:bar',
-        :file_user  => 'root',
-        :file_group => 'glance',
+        :key         => 'context_is_admin',
+        :value       => 'foo:bar',
+        :file_user   => 'root',
+        :file_group  => 'glance',
+        :file_format => 'yaml',
       })
       is_expected.to contain_oslo__policy('glance_api_config').with(
-        :policy_file => '/etc/glance/policy.json',
+        :policy_file => '/etc/glance/policy.yaml',
       )
     end
   end