diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8e5be7f..98344e4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ trove_ssl: false
 trove_ssl_cert: /etc/ssl/certs/trove.pem
 trove_ssl_key: /etc/ssl/private/trove.key
 trove_ssl_ca_cert: /etc/ssl/certs/trove-ca.pem
-trove_ssl_protocol: "{{ ssl_protocol | default('ALL -SSLv2 -SSLv3') }}"
+trove_ssl_protocol: "{{ ssl_protocol | default('ALL -SSLv2 -SSLv3 -TLSv1.0 -TLSv1.1') }}"
 trove_ssl_cipher_suite: "{{ ssl_cipher_suite | default('ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+AES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:!aNULL:!MD5:!DSS') }}"
 
 # if using a self-signed certificate, set this to true to regenerate it
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/tls12-only-d7221a33188dc7a0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/tls12-only-d7221a33188dc7a0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..211b4b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/tls12-only-d7221a33188dc7a0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+security:
+  - |
+    The default TLS version has been set to TLS1.2.  This only allows
+    version 1.2 of the protocol to be used when terminating or creating TLS
+    connections.  You can change the value with the trove_ssl_protocol
+    variable.