diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/focal_distro_install-921cc6052ae69b27.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/focal_distro_install-921cc6052ae69b27.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b1f61e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/focal_distro_install-921cc6052ae69b27.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+issues:
+  - |
+    Ubuntu Cloud Archive (UCA) does not contain Ubuntu Bionic distro packages
+    for Victoria, so only source install/upgrade path (default) will work
+    correctly for Ubuntu 18.04.
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Deployments which follows distro path (services are installed from distro
+    packages rather then in virtualenvs) should upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 -> 20.04
+    before performing OpenStack Ussuri -> Victoria upgrade, since Ubuntu Cloud
+    Archive does not provide Victoria system packages for 18.04.
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-20.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-20.04.yml
index cfbd865a..d67e1c74 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-20.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-20.04.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ _package_repos: []
   #  state: present
   #  filename: "uca"
 
-_uca_repo: "deb {{ uca_apt_repo_url | default('http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu') }} {{ ansible_lsb.codename }}-updates/ussuri main"
+_uca_repo: "deb {{ uca_apt_repo_url | default('http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu') }} {{ ansible_lsb.codename }}-updates/victoria main"
 
 _openstack_host_ca_location: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/