diff --git a/fleet/lib/rook-ceph-cluster/overlays/ci/values.yaml b/fleet/lib/rook-ceph-cluster/overlays/ci/values.yaml
index c52141b54..9c8787a2d 100644
--- a/fleet/lib/rook-ceph-cluster/overlays/ci/values.yaml
+++ b/fleet/lib/rook-ceph-cluster/overlays/ci/values.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ monitoring:
 
 cephClusterSpec:
   cephVersion:
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.2
     allowUnsupported: false
   dataDirHostPath: /var/lib/rook
   skipUpgradeChecks: false