diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/change-volume-catalog_type-default-fbcb2be6ebc42818.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/change-volume-catalog_type-default-fbcb2be6ebc42818.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..053a2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/change-volume-catalog_type-default-fbcb2be6ebc42818.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The default for ``[volume] catalog_type``, which is used to determine the
+    service type to use to idenify the block storage service in the service
+    catalog, has changed from ``volumev3`` to ``block-storage``.
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 471782b..bdc1dce 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
                help='Timeout in seconds to wait for a volume to become '
                     'available.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('catalog_type',
-               default='volumev3',
+               default='block-storage',
                help="Catalog type of the Volume Service"),
     cfg.StrOpt('region',
                default='',
diff --git a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
index fa43e58..3df9f19 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
                 return ('token',
                         {'serviceCatalog': [{'type': 'compute'},
                                             {'type': 'image'},
-                                            {'type': 'volumev3'},
+                                            {'type': 'block-storage'},
                                             {'type': 'network'},
                                             {'type': 'object-store'}]})