diff --git a/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/120-glance.sh b/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/120-glance.sh
index 5e99a570..f584ea11 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/120-glance.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/120-glance.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ make glance
 
 #NOTE: Deploy command
 : ${OSH_EXTRA_HELM_ARGS:=""}
+: ${OSH_OPENSTACK_RELEASE:="newton"}
 #NOTE(portdirect), this could be: radosgw, rbd, swift or pvc
 : ${GLANCE_BACKEND:="swift"}
 tee /tmp/glance.yaml <<EOF
diff --git a/tools/deployment/developer/nfs/120-glance.sh b/tools/deployment/developer/nfs/120-glance.sh
index 39553a9d..e817d20c 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/developer/nfs/120-glance.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/developer/nfs/120-glance.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ make glance
 
 #NOTE: Deploy command
 : ${OSH_EXTRA_HELM_ARGS:=""}
+: ${OSH_OPENSTACK_RELEASE:="newton"}
 : ${GLANCE_BACKEND:="pvc"}
 tee /tmp/glance.yaml <<EOF
 storage: ${GLANCE_BACKEND}
diff --git a/tools/deployment/multinode/100-glance.sh b/tools/deployment/multinode/100-glance.sh
index 7d72146a..4c291dcc 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/multinode/100-glance.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/multinode/100-glance.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 set -xe
 
 #NOTE: Deploy command
+: ${OSH_OPENSTACK_RELEASE:="newton"}
 #NOTE(portdirect), this could be: radosgw, rbd, swift or pvc
 : ${GLANCE_BACKEND:="swift"}
 tee /tmp/glance.yaml <<EOF