diff --git a/openstackclient/image/client.py b/openstackclient/image/client.py
index 1be6c7654d..b67c291fd0 100644
--- a/openstackclient/image/client.py
+++ b/openstackclient/image/client.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from openstackclient.i18n import _
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-DEFAULT_API_VERSION = '1'
+DEFAULT_API_VERSION = '2'
 API_VERSION_OPTION = 'os_image_api_version'
 API_NAME = "image"
 API_VERSIONS = {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1642772-19f53765bef8ee91.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1642772-19f53765bef8ee91.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e1a7f110c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1642772-19f53765bef8ee91.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Changed the default version of ``OS_IMAGE_API_VERSION`` to ``2``. Image v1
+    has been deprecated for more than six months and other projects, such as
+    `shade` and `os-client-config` are using Image v2 by default as well.
+    [Bug `1642772 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642772>`_]