diff --git a/nova/values.yaml b/nova/values.yaml
index 19d22539da..7cb4d553c2 100644
--- a/nova/values.yaml
+++ b/nova/values.yaml
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ conf:
       compute: auto
     cache:
       enabled: true
-      backend: oslo_cache.memcache_pool
+      backend: dogpile.cache.memcached
     wsgi:
       api_paste_config: /etc/nova/api-paste.ini
     oslo_messaging_notifications:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/change-memcache-backend-2d85a3c75b32db39.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/change-memcache-backend-2d85a3c75b32db39.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f3a9247b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/change-memcache-backend-2d85a3c75b32db39.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    memcache backend for nova has been changed from oslo_cache.memcache_pool
+    to dogpile.cache.memcached. You can revert to previous behaviour by
+    setting conf.nova.cache.backend to "oslo_cache.memcache_pool".
\ No newline at end of file