diff --git a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla
index daf4fa799..08dcdf95d 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/kolla
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ kolla_docker_registry_password:
 # Default is {{ openstack_release }}.
 kolla_openstack_release: "{{ openstack_release }}"
 
-# Docker tag applied to built container images. Default is
-# {{ kolla_openstack_release }}.
-kolla_tag: "{{ kolla_openstack_release }}"
+# Docker tag applied to built container images. Default is {{
+# kolla_openstack_release }}-{{ kolla_base_distro }}-{{
+# kolla_base_distro_version }}.
+kolla_tag: "{{ kolla_openstack_release }}-{{ kolla_base_distro }}-{{ kolla_base_distro_version }}"
 
 # Dict mapping names of sources to their definitions.
 # See kolla.common.config for details.
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/kolla.yml b/etc/kayobe/kolla.yml
index 2d975b260..f375547dd 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/kolla.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/kolla.yml
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@
 # Default is {{ openstack_release }}.
 #kolla_openstack_release:
 
-# Docker tag applied to built container images. Default is
-# {{ kolla_openstack_release }}.
+# Docker tag applied to built container images. Default is {{
+# kolla_openstack_release }}-{{ kolla_base_distro }}-{{
+# kolla_base_distro_version }}.
 #kolla_tag:
 
 # Dict mapping names of sources to their definitions.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/sync-kolla-tag-e4766b4fb395765e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/sync-kolla-tag-e4766b4fb395765e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70bc8848e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/sync-kolla-tag-e4766b4fb395765e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Synchronises the default value ``kolla_tag`` with the container image
+    tagging scheme expected by Kolla Ansible. This ensures images are built
+    with tags such as ``zed-ubuntu-jammy`` instead of ``zed``.