diff --git a/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml b/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
index 6d36998..f6ef07a 100644
--- a/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/defaults/vars/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   barbican_db_sync: "registry.atmosphere.dev/library/barbican:{{ atmosphere_release }}"
   bootstrap: "registry.atmosphere.dev/library/heat:{{ atmosphere_release }}"
   ceph_config_helper: "registry.atmosphere.dev/library/libvirtd:{{ atmosphere_release }}"
-  ceph: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v16.2.11
+  ceph: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.1
   cert_manager_cainjector: quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-cainjector:v1.7.1
   cert_manager_cli: quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-ctl:v1.7.1
   cert_manager_controller: quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-controller:v1.7.1