diff --git a/Documentation/Helm-Charts/ceph-cluster-chart.md b/Documentation/Helm-Charts/ceph-cluster-chart.md
index a3b0f5c3f..684e14a2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/Helm-Charts/ceph-cluster-chart.md
+++ b/Documentation/Helm-Charts/ceph-cluster-chart.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the rook-operator chart
 | `cephFileSystems` | A list of CephFileSystem configurations to deploy | See [below](#ceph-file-systems) |
 | `cephImage.allowUnsupported` |  | `false` |
 | `cephImage.repository` |  | `"quay.io/ceph/ceph"` |
-| `cephImage.tag` |  | `"v20.2.1"` |
+| `cephImage.tag` |  | `"v19.2.3"` |
 | `cephObjectStores` | A list of CephObjectStore configurations to deploy | See [below](#ceph-object-stores) |
 | `clusterName` | The metadata.name of the CephCluster CR | The same as the namespace |
 | `configOverride` | Cluster ceph.conf override | `nil` |
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
index 2b1efa6d5..08bad1516 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ cephImage:
   # In production, use a specific version tag instead of the general v19 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/.
   # To be more precise, you can always use a timestamp tag such as quay.io/ceph/ceph:v19.2.3-20250717
-  tag: v20.2.1
+  tag: v19.2.3
   # Whether to allow unsupported versions of Ceph. Currently Squid and Tentacle are supported.
   # Future versions such as Tentacle (v20) would require this to be set to `true`.
   # Do not set to true in production.
diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
index 67e829243..d2b780e1d 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
     # 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:v20.2.1-20260402
     # 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:v20.2.1
+    image: quay.io/ceph/ceph:v19.2.3
     # Whether to allow unsupported versions of Ceph. Currently Squid and Tentacle are supported.
     # Future versions such as Umbrella (v21) 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 687fcdf9c..c4162f49c 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/images.txt
+++ b/deploy/examples/images.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
  docker.io/rook/ceph:v1.19.3
  gcr.io/k8s-staging-sig-storage/objectstorage-sidecar:v0.2.2
- quay.io/ceph/ceph:v20.2.1
+ quay.io/ceph/ceph:v19.2.3
  quay.io/ceph/cosi:v0.1.4
  quay.io/cephcsi/ceph-csi-operator:v0.6.0
  quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v3.16.2