diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
index be5f27566..054655416 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@
                       fail:
                         msg: "cluster is not in an acceptable state!"
                   when: (check_cluster_health.stdout | from_json).status == 'HEALTH_ERR'
+
+                - name: get the ceph quorum status
+                  command: "{{ container_exec_cmd }} ceph --cluster {{ cluster }} quorum_status -f json"
+                  register: check_quorum_status
+                  delegate_to: "{{ mon_host }}"
+
+                - name: fail if the cluster quorum isn't in an acceptable state
+                  fail:
+                    msg: "cluster quorum is not in an acceptable state!"
+                  when: (check_quorum_status.stdout | from_json).quorum | length != groups[mon_group_name] | length
               when: inventory_hostname == groups[mon_group_name] | first
 
         - name: ensure /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-rbd-mirror is present