diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index 361432808..d0b47fd2d 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ dummy:
 #docker_exec_cmd:
 #docker: false
 #ceph_docker_image: "ceph/daemon"
-#ceph_docker_image_tag: latest
+#ceph_docker_image_tag: latest-mimic
 #ceph_docker_registry: docker.io
 ## Client only docker image - defaults to {{ ceph_docker_image }}
 #ceph_client_docker_image: "{{ ceph_docker_image }}"
diff --git a/group_vars/nfss.yml.sample b/group_vars/nfss.yml.sample
index 6b60d8422..b6eb61482 100644
--- a/group_vars/nfss.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/nfss.yml.sample
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ dummy:
 ##########
 
 #ceph_docker_image: "ceph/daemon"
-#ceph_docker_image_tag: latest
+#ceph_docker_image_tag: latest-mimic
 #ceph_nfs_docker_extra_env:
 #ceph_config_keys: [] # DON'T TOUCH ME
 
diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
index 9910aed7d..c28eba47c 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ ceph_tcmalloc_max_total_thread_cache: 0
 docker_exec_cmd:
 docker: false
 ceph_docker_image: "ceph/daemon"
-ceph_docker_image_tag: latest
+ceph_docker_image_tag: latest-mimic
 ceph_docker_registry: docker.io
 ## Client only docker image - defaults to {{ ceph_docker_image }}
 ceph_client_docker_image: "{{ ceph_docker_image }}"
diff --git a/roles/ceph-nfs/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-nfs/defaults/main.yml
index 94823bf73..0d8d43263 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-nfs/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-nfs/defaults/main.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@ rgw_client_name: client.rgw.{{ ansible_hostname }}
 ##########
 
 ceph_docker_image: "ceph/daemon"
-ceph_docker_image_tag: latest
+ceph_docker_image_tag: latest-mimic
 ceph_nfs_docker_extra_env:
 ceph_config_keys: [] # DON'T TOUCH ME