diff --git a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml
index 9063500605..0b40b1fb6f 100644
--- a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml
+++ b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@
 - hosts: test-runner
   tasks:
 
+    - name: Set base port for old stable branches
+      set_fact:
+        swift_base_port: 6000
+      when: previous_swift_version | default(latest_swift_release.stdout) is match("^(rocky|stein|train|ussuri)-em.*|^2\.(1?[0-9]|2[0-5])\.|^(origin/)?stable/[a-u].*")
+
+    - name: Set base port for Victoria and later
+      set_fact:
+        swift_base_port: 6200
+      when: previous_swift_version | default(latest_swift_release.stdout) is not match("^(rocky|stein|train|ussuri)-em.*|^2\.(1?[0-9]|2[0-5])\.|^(origin/)?stable/[a-u].*")
+
     - name: create remakerings from template
       template: src=make_multinode_rings.j2 dest=/home/{{ ansible_ssh_user }}/make_multinode_rings mode=0755
 
diff --git a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2 b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2
index e1962f2a06..c1e05a83b4 100755
--- a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2
+++ b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2
@@ -7,32 +7,32 @@ cd /home/{{ ansible_ssh_user }}/rings
 rm -f *.builder *.ring.gz backups/*.builder backups/*.ring.gz
 
 swift-ring-builder object.builder create 10 3 1
-swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder object.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder object-1.builder create 10 2 1
-swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder object-1.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder object-2.builder create 10 6 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb3 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb4 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb5 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb6 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb7 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6210/sdb8 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb4 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb5 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb6 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb7 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb8 1
 swift-ring-builder object-2.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder container.builder create 10 3 1
-swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6211/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6211/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6211/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder container.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder account.builder create 10 3 1
-swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6212/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6212/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:6212/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder account.builder rebalance