diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
index bcfd0e533..6d01e97ab 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ ceph_stable_ice_kmod: 3.10-0.1.20140702gitdc9ac62.el7.x86_64
 # on RHEL 7.
 #
 ceph_stable_rh_storage: false
+ceph_stable_rh_storage_version: 1.3 # next version is 2
 ceph_stable_rh_storage_cdn_install: false # assumes all the nodes can connect to cdn.redhat.com
 ceph_stable_rh_storage_iso_install: false # usually used when nodes don't have access to cdn.redhat.com
 #ceph_stable_rh_storage_iso_path: