diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster-external-management.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster-external-management.yaml
index 4fd241aa5..d0a79b088 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster-external-management.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster-external-management.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ spec:
   dataDirHostPath: /var/lib/rook
   # providing an image is required, if you want to create other CRs (rgw, mds, nfs)
   cephVersion:
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6 # Should match external cluster version
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0 # Should match external cluster version
diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster-multus-test.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster-multus-test.yaml
index f0d87caef..21cb6dda2 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster-multus-test.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster-multus-test.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   dataDirHostPath: /var/lib/rook
   cephVersion:
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18
     allowUnsupported: true
   mon:
     count: 1
diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster-on-local-pvc.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster-on-local-pvc.yaml
index 4e9eadd99..0418c7e79 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster-on-local-pvc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster-on-local-pvc.yaml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ spec:
           requests:
             storage: 10Gi
   cephVersion:
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
     allowUnsupported: false
   skipUpgradeChecks: false
   continueUpgradeAfterChecksEvenIfNotHealthy: false
diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster-on-pvc.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster-on-pvc.yaml
index bfc89cd71..1c5bde156 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster-on-pvc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster-on-pvc.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
           requests:
             storage: 10Gi
   cephVersion:
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
     allowUnsupported: false
   skipUpgradeChecks: false
   continueUpgradeAfterChecksEvenIfNotHealthy: false
diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched-aws.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched-aws.yaml
index 32260ffbe..141458668 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched-aws.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched-aws.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spec:
   mgr:
     count: 2
   cephVersion:
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
     allowUnsupported: true
   skipUpgradeChecks: false
   continueUpgradeAfterChecksEvenIfNotHealthy: false
diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched.yaml
index 2e8e0c09a..9feed4a74 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster-stretched.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
   mgr:
     count: 2
   cephVersion:
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
     allowUnsupported: true
   skipUpgradeChecks: false
   continueUpgradeAfterChecksEvenIfNotHealthy: false
diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
index d7b551c22..1045a283c 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ spec:
     # v17 is Quincy, v18 is Reef.
     # RECOMMENDATION: In production, use a specific version tag instead of the general v17 flag, which pulls the latest release and could result in different
     # versions running within the cluster. See tags available at https://hub.docker.com/r/ceph/ceph/tags/.
-    # If you want to be more precise, you can always use a timestamp tag such as quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6-20230410
+    # If you want to be more precise, you can always use a timestamp tag such as quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6-20231027
     # This tag might not contain a new Ceph version, just security fixes from the underlying operating system, which will reduce vulnerabilities
-    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
     # Whether to allow unsupported versions of Ceph. Currently `quincy` and `reef` are supported.
     # Future versions such as `squid` (v19) would require this to be set to `true`.
     # Do not set to true in production.
diff --git a/deploy/examples/images.txt b/deploy/examples/images.txt
index 57d492231..9c97001c5 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/images.txt
+++ b/deploy/examples/images.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  gcr.io/k8s-staging-sig-storage/objectstorage-sidecar/objectstorage-sidecar:v20230130-v0.1.0-24-gc0cf995
- quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+ quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
  quay.io/ceph/cosi:v0.1.1
  quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v3.10.0
  quay.io/csiaddons/k8s-sidecar:v0.7.0
diff --git a/deploy/examples/toolbox.yaml b/deploy/examples/toolbox.yaml
index 3a0832590..fe9350f29 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/toolbox.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/toolbox.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: rook-ceph-tools
-          image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+          image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.0
           command:
             - /bin/bash
             - -c