diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 41a2e49fa..6ccf8cf73 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ run the quickstart playbook. Note, the quickstart playbook will delete the
 ``stack`` user on ``$VIRTHOST`` and recreate it.
 
 This script will output instructions at the end to access the deployed
-undercloud. If a release name is not given, ``mitaka`` is used.
+undercloud. If a release name is not given, ``newton`` is used.
 
 Deploying without instructions
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/quickstart.sh b/quickstart.sh
index 0cfed871f..b97c96941 100755
--- a/quickstart.sh
+++ b/quickstart.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEFAULT_OPT_TAGS="untagged,provision,environment,undercloud-scripts,overcloud-sc
 : ${OPT_BOOTSTRAP:=0}
 : ${OPT_CLEAN:=0}
 : ${OPT_PLAYBOOK:=quickstart-extras.yml}
-: ${OPT_RELEASE:=mitaka}
+: ${OPT_RELEASE:=newton}
 : ${OPT_RETAIN_INVENTORY_FILE:=0}
 : ${OPT_SYSTEM_PACKAGES:=0}
 : ${OPT_TAGS:=$DEFAULT_OPT_TAGS}
diff --git a/roles/common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
index 90ad934a3..2a7e6ae0d 100644
--- a/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ enable_vnc_console: false
 #
 # TODO(trown): It would be better to write a release into the image itself
 # and set this variable from there.
-release: mitaka
+release: newton
 
 # This option controls whether or not to use the repo setup for TripleO
 # development. Since this requires some other options to be funtional,
diff --git a/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml b/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml
index d9bef92ea..18d075d2f 100644
--- a/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/libvirt/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Which image should we download?
-release: mitaka
+release: newton
 undercloud_image_url: http://artifacts.ci.centos.org/rdo/images/{{ release }}/delorean/stable/undercloud.qcow2
 overcloud_image_url: http://artifacts.ci.centos.org/rdo/images/{{ release }}/delorean/stable/overcloud-full.tar
 ipa_image_url: http://artifacts.ci.centos.org/rdo/images/{{ release }}/delorean/stable/ironic-python-agent.tar