diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 541a41237..89f7321b4 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ run the quickstart playbook. Note, the quickstart playbook will delete the
 ``stack`` user on ``$VIRTHOST`` and recreate it.
 
 This script will output instructions at the end to access the deployed
-undercloud. If a release name is not given, ``newton`` is used.
+undercloud. If a release name is not given, ``pike`` is used.
 
 Deploying without instructions
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/quickstart.sh b/quickstart.sh
index 06082505e..366559822 100755
--- a/quickstart.sh
+++ b/quickstart.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ZUUL_CLONER=/usr/zuul-env/bin/zuul-cloner
 : ${OPT_BOOTSTRAP:=0}
 : ${OPT_CLEAN:=0}
 : ${OPT_PLAYBOOK:=quickstart-extras.yml}
-: ${OPT_RELEASE:=newton}
+: ${OPT_RELEASE:=pike}
 : ${OPT_RETAIN_INVENTORY_FILE:=0}
 : ${OPT_SYSTEM_PACKAGES:=0}
 : ${OPT_TAGS:=$DEFAULT_OPT_TAGS}
diff --git a/roles/common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
index 4aa4f7139..a2c404891 100644
--- a/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ enable_vnc_console: true
 #
 # TODO(trown): It would be better to write a release into the image itself
 # and set this variable from there.
-release: newton
+release: pike
 
 # This option controls whether or not to use the repo setup for TripleO
 # development. Since this requires some other options to be funtional,
diff --git a/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml b/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml
index a8b80a8ff..9879eca1a 100644
--- a/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Which image should we download?
-release: newton
+release: pike
 undercloud_image_url: http://artifacts.ci.centos.org/rdo/images/{{ release }}/delorean/consistent/stable/undercloud.qcow2
 overcloud_image_url: http://artifacts.ci.centos.org/rdo/images/{{ release }}/delorean/consisten/stable/overcloud-full.tar
 ipa_image_url: http://artifacts.ci.centos.org/rdo/images/{{ release }}/delorean/consistent/stable/ironic-python-agent.tar