diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm b/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm
index e26b88448..1f57cb17a 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/seed-vm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ seed_vm_root_capacity: 50G
 seed_vm_root_format: qcow2
 
 # Base image for the seed VM root volume.
-seed_vm_root_image: "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.2.2004-20200611.2.x86_64.qcow2"
+seed_vm_root_image: "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.3.2011-20201204.2.x86_64.qcow2"
 
 # Capacity of the seed VM data volume.
 seed_vm_data_capacity: 100G
diff --git a/ansible/overcloud-ipa-build.yml b/ansible/overcloud-ipa-build.yml
index 5092e21cc..fc684f3df 100644
--- a/ansible/overcloud-ipa-build.yml
+++ b/ansible/overcloud-ipa-build.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
     ipa_image_force_rebuild: false
   tasks:
     - block:
+        # TODO(priteau): Move this to stackhpc.os-images
+        - name: Ensure libgcrypt is updated
+          package:
+            name: "libgcrypt"
+            state: latest
+          become: True
+          when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+
         - name: Ensure Ironic Python Agent images are built
           include_role:
             name: stackhpc.os-images
diff --git a/ansible/seed-ipa-build.yml b/ansible/seed-ipa-build.yml
index 898676c1d..846ced213 100644
--- a/ansible/seed-ipa-build.yml
+++ b/ansible/seed-ipa-build.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
     ipa_image_force_rebuild: false
   tasks:
     - block:
+        # TODO(priteau): Move this to stackhpc.os-images
+        - name: Ensure libgcrypt is updated
+          package:
+            name: libgcrypt
+            state: latest
+          become: True
+          when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+
         - name: Ensure Ironic Python Agent images are built
           include_role:
             name: stackhpc.os-images
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml b/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
index 7e574f8ad..99a8b8165 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #seed_vm_root_format:
 
 # Base image for the seed VM root volume. Default is
-# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.2.2004-20200611.2.x86_64.qcow2".
+# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8/x86_64/images/CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.3.2011-20201204.2.x86_64.qcow2".
 #seed_vm_root_image:
 
 # Capacity of the seed VM data volume.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/seed-vm-centos-8.3-7726c9d0603508eb.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/seed-vm-centos-8.3-7726c9d0603508eb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36f778c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/seed-vm-centos-8.3-7726c9d0603508eb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Updates the default image for the seed VM to CentOS 8.3.