diff --git a/qa/crontab/teuthology-cronjobs b/qa/crontab/teuthology-cronjobs
index a0b31cf7db3..4370862597c 100644
--- a/qa/crontab/teuthology-cronjobs
+++ b/qa/crontab/teuthology-cronjobs
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ CEPH_QA_EMAIL="ceph-qa@ceph.io"
 ### upgrade runs for next release (runs on master)
 ###### on smithi
 
-#20 01 * * 4  CEPH_BRANCH=master; MACHINE_NAME=smithi; /home/teuthology/bin/cron_wrapper teuthology-suite -v -c $CEPH_BRANCH  -n 100 -m $MACHINE_NAME -s upgrade-clients/client-upgrade-octopus-pacific -k distro -e $CEPH_QA_EMAIL --suite-branch octopus
+#20 01 * * 4  CEPH_BRANCH=quincy; MACHINE_NAME=smithi; /home/teuthology/bin/cron_wrapper teuthology-suite -v -c $CEPH_BRANCH  -n 100 -m $MACHINE_NAME -s upgrade-clients/client-upgrade-octopus-pacific -k distro -e $CEPH_QA_EMAIL --suite-branch octopus
 
-22 14 * * 5 CEPH_BRANCH=master; MACHINE_NAME=smithi; SUITE_NAME=upgrade:octopus-x; KERNEL=distro; /home/teuthology/bin/cron_wrapper /home/teuthology/bin/schedule_subset.sh 10 $CEPH_BRANCH $MACHINE_NAME $SUITE_NAME $CEPH_QA_EMAIL $KERNEL -p 70 --force-priority
+22 14 * * 5 CEPH_BRANCH=quincy; MACHINE_NAME=smithi; SUITE_NAME=upgrade:octopus-x; KERNEL=distro; /home/teuthology/bin/cron_wrapper /home/teuthology/bin/schedule_subset.sh 10 $CEPH_BRANCH $MACHINE_NAME $SUITE_NAME $CEPH_QA_EMAIL $KERNEL -p 70 --force-priority
 
 
-23 14 * * 5 CEPH_BRANCH=master; MACHINE_NAME=smithi; SUITE_NAME=upgrade:pacific-x; KERNEL=distro; /home/teuthology/   bin/cron_wrapper /home/teuthology/bin/schedule_subset.sh 10 $CEPH_BRANCH $MACHINE_NAME $SUITE_NAME $CEPH_QA_EMAIL     $KERNEL -p 70 --force-priority
+23 14 * * 5 CEPH_BRANCH=quincy; MACHINE_NAME=smithi; SUITE_NAME=upgrade:pacific-x; KERNEL=distro; /home/teuthology/   bin/cron_wrapper /home/teuthology/bin/schedule_subset.sh 10 $CEPH_BRANCH $MACHINE_NAME $SUITE_NAME $CEPH_QA_EMAIL     $KERNEL -p 70 --force-priority