diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index 248650782..d92b5b4da 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ prometheus_exporter_git_folder: /opt/stack/ironic-prometheus-exporter
 
 enabled_hardware_types: "ipmi,redfish,manual-management,ilo"
 default_deploy_interface: "direct"
-enabled_deploy_interfaces: "iscsi,direct"
+enabled_deploy_interfaces: "direct,ramdisk"
 # These are calculated based on enabled_hardware_types if empty
 enabled_bios_interfaces: ""
 enabled_boot_interfaces: ""
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml
index 39854b36f..26e9df980 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ required_packages:
   - isolinux
   - grub-efi-amd64-signed
   - shim-signed
+  - dosfstools
 # NOTE(TheJulia): The above entry for dnsmasq must be the last entry in the
 # package list as the installation causes name resolution changes that can
 # temporarily block packages following it while the system is being
@@ -47,4 +48,3 @@ required_packages:
 iscsi_required_packages:
   - open-iscsi
   - gdisk
-  - dosfstools
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Fedora.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Fedora.yml
index e638bc44e..58ce8c300 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Fedora.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Fedora.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ required_packages:
   - tftp-server
   - wget
   - xinetd
+  - dosfstools
 iscsi_required_packages:
   - iscsi-initiator-utils
   - gdisk
-  - dosfstools
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_RedHat_family.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_RedHat_family.yml
index ff07fd277..30086948c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_RedHat_family.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_RedHat_family.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ required_packages:
   - syslinux-nonlinux
   - grub2-efi-x64
   - shim-x64
+  - dosfstools
 iscsi_required_packages:
   - iscsi-initiator-utils
   - gdisk
-  - dosfstools
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml
index 73755700a..f6da1d63b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ required_packages:
   - syslinux
   - grub2-x86_64-efi
   - shim
+  - dosfstools
 iscsi_required_packages:
   - open-iscsi
   - gptfdisk
-  - dosfstools
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu.yml
index f30718650..24e5da62c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ required_packages:
   - isolinux
   - grub-efi-amd64-signed
   - shim-signed
+  - dosfstools
 # NOTE(TheJulia): The above entry for dnsmasq must be the last entry in the
 # package list as the installation causes name resolution changes that can
 # temporarily block packages following it while the system is being
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deploy-interface-d3ad2575c3d292e5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deploy-interface-d3ad2575c3d292e5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad9794bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deploy-interface-d3ad2575c3d292e5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The ``ramdisk`` deploy interface is now enabled by default.
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The deprecated ``iscsi`` deploy interface is no longer enabled by default,
+    use ``enabled_deploy_interfaces`` to override.