diff --git a/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/parallel/1-tasks.yaml b/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/parallel/1-tasks.yaml
index fbe632b6f3f..0be7a0b7b0c 100644
--- a/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/parallel/1-tasks.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/parallel/1-tasks.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 tasks:
 - install:
     branch: octopus
+    exclude_packages:
+      - ceph-volume
 - print: "**** done install task..."
 - print: "**** done start installing octopus cephadm ..."
 - cephadm:
diff --git a/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/stress-split/1-start.yaml b/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/stress-split/1-start.yaml
index 8e86449f567..211a369f352 100644
--- a/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/stress-split/1-start.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/upgrade/octopus-x/stress-split/1-start.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 tasks:
 - install:
     branch: octopus
+    exclude_packages:
+      - ceph-volume
 
 - cephadm:
     image: docker.io/ceph/daemon-base:latest-octopus