diff --git a/docker/base/apt_preferences.debian b/docker/base/apt_preferences.debian
index e69de29bb2..887f67782c 100644
--- a/docker/base/apt_preferences.debian
+++ b/docker/base/apt_preferences.debian
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# We want Ceph/nautilus
+Package: ceph* libceph* librados* librbd* librgw* python3-ceph* python3-rados python3-rbd python3-rgw radosgw
+Pin: version 14.*
+Pin-Priority: 1000
diff --git a/docker/base/sources.list.debian b/docker/base/sources.list.debian
index 561f19d026..0f88b7cdb9 100644
--- a/docker/base/sources.list.debian
+++ b/docker/base/sources.list.debian
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main
 # debian security updates
 deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
 
+# debian backports
+deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main
+
 # Buster - Train repos
 deb http://buster-train.debian.net/debian buster-train-backports main
 deb http://buster-train.debian.net/debian buster-train-backports-nochange main
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/debian-ceph-nautilus-83fe26e66874045f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/debian-ceph-nautilus-83fe26e66874045f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb578af6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/debian-ceph-nautilus-83fe26e66874045f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Debian images are using Ceph 14 'nautilus' like other distributions.