diff --git a/ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml
index 8b39c2c8a..708b5aac0 100644
--- a/ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/install/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ browbeat_venv: /home/stack/browbeat-venv
 rally_venv: /home/stack/rally-venv
 
 # Rally version to install
-rally_version: 0.5.0
+rally_version: 0.7.0
 
 # The default Shaker venv
 shaker_venv: /home/stack/shaker-venv
diff --git a/conf/browbeat-keystone-complete.yaml b/conf/browbeat-keystone-complete.yaml
index c30254f8d..8f44adcf6 100644
--- a/conf/browbeat-keystone-complete.yaml
+++ b/conf/browbeat-keystone-complete.yaml
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ rally:
           file: rally/keystonebasic/create_tenant-cc.yml
           sla_max_seconds: 30
           sla_max_failure: 0
+        - name: authenticate_user_and_validate_token
+          enabled: true
+          file: rally/keystonebasic/authenticate_user_and_validate_token-cc.yml
+          sla_max_seconds: 30
+          sla_max_failure: 0
         - name: create-tenant-with-users
           enabled: true
           file: rally/keystonebasic/create_tenant_with_users-cc.yml
diff --git a/conf/browbeat-keystone-minimal.yaml b/conf/browbeat-keystone-minimal.yaml
index 05fa1b6b8..14b818e21 100644
--- a/conf/browbeat-keystone-minimal.yaml
+++ b/conf/browbeat-keystone-minimal.yaml
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ rally:
           file: rally/keystonebasic/create_tenant-cc.yml
           sla_max_seconds: 30
           sla_max_failure: 0
+        - name: authenticate_user_and_validate_token
+          enabled: true
+          file: rally/keystonebasic/authenticate_user_and_validate_token-cc.yml
+          sla_max_seconds: 30
+          sla_max_failure: 0
         - name: create-tenant-with-users
           enabled: true
           file: rally/keystonebasic/create_tenant_with_users-cc.yml
diff --git a/rally/keystonebasic/authenticate_user_and_validate_token-cc.yml b/rally/keystonebasic/authenticate_user_and_validate_token-cc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd978d5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rally/keystonebasic/authenticate_user_and_validate_token-cc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{% set sla_max_avg_duration = sla_max_avg_duration or 60 %}
+{% set sla_max_failure = sla_max_failure or 0 %}
+{% set sla_max_seconds = sla_max_seconds or 60 %}
+---
+  KeystoneBasic.authenticate_user_and_validate_token:
+    -
+      args: {}
+      context:
+        users:
+          project_domain: "default"
+          resource_management_workers: 30
+          tenants: 1
+          user_domain: "default"
+          users_per_tenant: 8
+      runner:
+        concurrency: {{concurrency}}
+        times: {{times}}
+        type: "constant"
+      sla:
+        max_avg_duration: {{sla_max_avg_duration}}
+        max_seconds_per_iteration: {{sla_max_seconds}}
+        failure_rate:
+          max: {{sla_max_failure}}