diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/15.0.0-start-of-pike-support-4925678d477b0745.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/15.0.0-start-of-pike-support-4925678d477b0745.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5555949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/15.0.0-start-of-pike-support-4925678d477b0745.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    This release is marking the start of Ocata release support in Tempest
+other:
+  - |
+    OpenStack releases supported at this time are **Mitaka**, **Newton**,
+    and **Ocata**.
+
+    The release under current development as of this tag is Pike,
+    meaning that every Tempest commit is also tested against master during
+    the Pike cycle. However, this does not necessarily mean that using
+    Tempest as of this tag will work against a Pike (or future releases)
+    cloud.
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
index 0a9db46..c3c88a5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
             # check some extensions for the flavor create/show/detail response
             self.assertEqual(flavor['swap'], '')
             self.assertEqual(int(flavor['rxtx_factor']), 1)
-            self.assertEqual(int(flavor['OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral']), 0)
+            self.assertEqual(flavor['OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral'], 0)
             self.assertEqual(flavor['os-flavor-access:is_public'], True)
 
         flavor_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.flavor_name_prefix)
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py
index b53ced9..5220c97 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         flavor_id = self._get_unused_flavor_id()
         quota_set = self.quotas_client.show_quota_set(
             self.tenant_id)['quota_set']
-        ram = int(quota_set['ram'])
+        ram = quota_set['ram']
         if ram == -1:
             raise self.skipException("ram quota set is -1,"
                                      " cannot test overlimit")
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         flavor_id = self._get_unused_flavor_id()
         quota_set = self.quotas_client.show_quota_set(
             self.tenant_id)['quota_set']
-        vcpus = int(quota_set['cores'])
+        vcpus = quota_set['cores']
         if vcpus == -1:
             raise self.skipException("cores quota set is -1,"
                                      " cannot test overlimit")
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/limits/test_absolute_limits_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/limits/test_absolute_limits_negative.py
index b9ae0c6..21b4b1c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/limits/test_absolute_limits_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/limits/test_absolute_limits_negative.py
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
         max_meta = limits['absolute']['maxImageMeta']
 
         # No point in running this test if there is no limit.
-        if int(max_meta) == -1:
+        if max_meta == -1:
             raise self.skipException('no limit for maxImageMeta')
 
         # Create server should fail, since we are passing > metadata Limit!
-        max_meta_data = int(max_meta) + 1
+        max_meta_data = max_meta + 1
 
         meta_data = {}
         for xx in range(max_meta_data):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
index 957d24a..90b9da4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         max_file_limit = limits['absolute']['maxPersonality']
         if max_file_limit == -1:
             raise self.skipException("No limit for personality files")
-        for i in range(0, int(max_file_limit) + 1):
+        for i in range(0, max_file_limit + 1):
             path = 'etc/test' + str(i) + '.txt'
             personality.append({'path': path,
                                 'contents': base64.encode_as_text(
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         if max_file_limit == -1:
             raise self.skipException("No limit for personality files")
         person = []
-        for i in range(0, int(max_file_limit)):
+        for i in range(0, max_file_limit):
             # NOTE(andreaf) The cirros disk image is blank before boot
             # so we can only inject safely to /
             path = '/test' + str(i) + '.txt'
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
index 5a83ae3..e8222bf 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
         volume_default = quota_set_default['volumes']
 
         self.admin_quotas_client.update_quota_set(
-            project_id, volumes=(int(volume_default) + 5))
+            project_id, volumes=(volume_default + 5))
 
         self.admin_quotas_client.delete_quota_set(project_id)
         quota_set_new = (self.admin_quotas_client.show_quota_set(project_id)