diff --git a/cloudkitty/storage/__init__.py b/cloudkitty/storage/__init__.py
index 1d2b50ad..ec459a5a 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/storage/__init__.py
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 storage_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('backend',
-               default='sqlalchemy',
+               default='influxdb',
                help='Name of the storage backend driver.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('version',
                min=1, max=2,
-               default=1,
+               default=2,
                help='Storage version to use.'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/default-to-v2-storage-a5ecac7e73dafa6d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/default-to-v2-storage-a5ecac7e73dafa6d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18c52182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/default-to-v2-storage-a5ecac7e73dafa6d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    CloudKitty's storage interface defaults to v2 from now on. v1 will be
+    deprecated in a future release. Documentation about how to upgrade the
+    storage backend along with some tools will be available at that point. New
+    deployments should use the v2 storage interface.
+
+    The default v2 backend is ``influxdb``. In order to keep using
+    ``sqlalchemy``, specify "version = 1" and "backend = sqlalchemy" in the
+    ``[storage]`` section of the configuration.