diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
index 2c38df1670..03b9af617a 100644
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
+++ b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/tasks/prepare_aio_config.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
           # NOTE(jrosser)
           # we only run ceph jobs on ubuntu in CI so this is sufficient
           ceph_stable_repo: "http://{{ nodepool_vars.NODEPOOL_MIRROR_HOST }}/ceph-deb-octopus"
+          # we must set the ceph repo seperatley for the ceph_client role
+          ceph_apt_repos:
+            ceph:
+              state: "present"
+              repo: "deb http://{{ nodepool_vars.NODEPOOL_MIRROR_HOST }}/ceph-deb-octopus {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
       copy:
         dest: /etc/openstack_deploy/user_openstackci.yml
         content: "{{ nodepool_overrides | to_nice_yaml }}"