diff --git a/etc/kayobe/cephadm.yml b/etc/kayobe/cephadm.yml
index 0e0b2fceb..dd30ccd74 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/cephadm.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/cephadm.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Cephadm deployment configuration.
 
 # Ceph release name.
-cephadm_ceph_release: "{{ 'quincy' if (ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'jammy') else 'pacific' }}"
+cephadm_ceph_release: "{{ 'quincy' if (ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'jammy') or (ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == '9') else 'pacific' }}"
 
 # Ceph FSID.
 #cephadm_fsid:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cephadm_ceph_release: "{{ 'quincy' if (ansible_facts['distribution_release'] ==
 cephadm_image: "{{ stackhpc_docker_registry if stackhpc_sync_ceph_images | bool else 'quay.io' }}/ceph/ceph:{{ cephadm_image_tag }}"
 
 # Ceph container image tag.
-cephadm_image_tag: "{{ 'v17.2.7' if os_release == 'jammy' else 'v16.2.14' }}"
+cephadm_image_tag: "{{ 'v17.2.7' if (os_release == 'jammy') or (os_release == '9') else 'v16.2.14' }}"
 
 # Ceph custom repo workaround for Ubuntu Jammy as there are no official ceph repos for jammy.
 cephadm_custom_repos: "{{ ansible_facts['distribution_release'] == 'jammy' }}"
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-multinode/inventory/group_vars/seed/stackhpc-dnf-repos b/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-multinode/inventory/group_vars/seed/stackhpc-dnf-repos
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11f5b8532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-multinode/inventory/group_vars/seed/stackhpc-dnf-repos
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dnf_custom_repos: "{{ stackhpc_dnf_repos }}"
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