diff --git a/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-aio.overrides.conf b/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-aio.overrides.conf
index f40d52d53..16a1b891d 100644
--- a/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-aio.overrides.conf
+++ b/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-aio.overrides.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-# Blank file
+[volume]
+catalog_type = volumev3
diff --git a/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-multinode.overrides.conf b/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-multinode.overrides.conf
index 36b6db753..12cb9f692 100644
--- a/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-multinode.overrides.conf
+++ b/.automation.conf/tempest/tempest-ci-multinode.overrides.conf
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ volume_backed_live_migration = true
 console_output = true
 
 [volume]
+catalog_type = volumev3
 storage_protocol = ceph
 build_timeout = 600
 min_microversion = 3.0