diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
index fb2499c47..addf9ddb1 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ toolbox:
   # -- Enable Ceph debugging pod deployment. See [toolbox](../Troubleshooting/ceph-toolbox.md)
   enabled: false
   # -- Toolbox image, defaults to the image used by the Ceph cluster
-  image: #quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.6
+  image: #quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18.2.1
   # -- Toolbox tolerations
   tolerations: []
   # -- Toolbox affinity
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ cephClusterSpec:
     # v17 is Quincy, v18 is Reef.
     # RECOMMENDATION: In production, use a specific version tag instead of the general v18 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:v18.2.1-20240103
     # 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:v18.2.1
     # 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.