diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter.go
index c039dc6d7..54818f531 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter.go
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ const (
 
 // createOrUpdateCephExporter is a wrapper around controllerutil.CreateOrUpdate
 func (r *ReconcileNode) createOrUpdateCephExporter(node corev1.Node, tolerations []corev1.Toleration, cephCluster cephv1.CephCluster, cephVersion *cephver.CephVersion) (controllerutil.OperationResult, error) {
-	if !cephVersion.IsAtLeast(cephver.CephVersion{Major: 17, Minor: 2, Extra: 5}) {
+	// CephVersion change is done temporarily, as some regression was detected in Ceph version 17.2.6 which is summarised here https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/50718#issuecomment-1505608312.
+	// Thus, disabling ceph-exporter for now until all the regression are fixed.
+	if !cephVersion.IsAtLeast(cephver.CephVersion{Major: 18, Minor: 0, Extra: 0}) {
 		logger.Infof("Skipping exporter reconcile on ceph version %q", cephVersion.String())
 		return controllerutil.OperationResultNone, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter_test.go
index bfd977fff..173ff6738 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/exporter_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestCreateOrUpdateCephExporter(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cephCluster.Spec.Labels = cephv1.LabelsSpec{}
 	cephCluster.Spec.PriorityClassNames = cephv1.PriorityClassNamesSpec{}
-	cephVersion := &cephver.CephVersion{Major: 17, Minor: 2, Extra: 5}
+	cephVersion := &cephver.CephVersion{Major: 18, Minor: 0, Extra: 0}
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	context := &clusterd.Context{
 		Clientset:     test.New(t, 1),