diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 12535258..483236a9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Name of the external network providing floating IPs for instance connectivity. T
 
 URL of the image used for the workload instance::
 
-    workload_image_url: "https://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.5.2/cirros-0.5.2-x86_64-disk.img"
+    workload_image_url: "https://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.6.0/cirros-0.6.0-x86_64-disk.img"
 
 Amount of memory assigned for the workload instance::
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a99bd24f..1753c02a 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ launch_sanity_workload: true
 workload_launch: false
 workload_cleanup: false
 external_network_name: "public"
-workload_image_url: "https://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.5.2/cirros-0.5.2-x86_64-disk.img"
+workload_image_url: "https://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.6.0/cirros-0.6.0-x86_64-disk.img"
 workload_memory: "512"
 workload_user: "cirros"
 workload_disk: 5