diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index 870c421ab..5af9c79ec 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ dummy:
 #ceph_stable: false # use ceph stable branch
 #ceph_mirror: http://download.ceph.com
 #ceph_stable_key: https://download.ceph.com/keys/release.asc
-#ceph_stable_release: jewel # ceph stable release
+#ceph_stable_release: kraken # ceph stable release
 #ceph_stable_repo: "{{ ceph_mirror }}/debian-{{ ceph_stable_release }}"
 
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diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
index 7cdb24fca..3db9fb065 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ceph_use_distro_backports: false # DEBIAN ONLY
 ceph_stable: false # use ceph stable branch
 ceph_mirror: http://download.ceph.com
 ceph_stable_key: https://download.ceph.com/keys/release.asc
-ceph_stable_release: jewel # ceph stable release
+ceph_stable_release: kraken # ceph stable release
 ceph_stable_repo: "{{ ceph_mirror }}/debian-{{ ceph_stable_release }}"
 
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diff --git a/tests/functional/ubuntu/16.04/cluster/group_vars/all b/tests/functional/ubuntu/16.04/cluster/group_vars/all
index 406426554..0c66fe012 100644
--- a/tests/functional/ubuntu/16.04/cluster/group_vars/all
+++ b/tests/functional/ubuntu/16.04/cluster/group_vars/all
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ ceph_conf_overrides:
   global:
     osd_pool_default_pg_num: 8
     osd_pool_default_size: 1
+debian_ceph_packages:
+  - ceph
+  - ceph-common
+  - ceph-fuse