diff --git a/CICD/heat/gc_HOT.yaml b/CICD/heat/gc_HOT.yaml
index 78dd128832cf1a41cdf8e46e4090cc8ba1d93bf2..a5bcacc0f200750785e362b3934d55b83be1b7ae 100644
--- a/CICD/heat/gc_HOT.yaml
+++ b/CICD/heat/gc_HOT.yaml
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ resources:
      list_join: [ '-', [ { get_param: "OS::stack_name" }, 'sql0' ]]
     availability_zone: { get_param: avz }
     flavor: m3.small
-    image: { get_param: centos_7_image_id }
+    image: { get_param: ubuntu_1804_image_id }
     key_name: { get_param: ssh_key }
     security_groups: [ { get_resource: SSHMonashSecGroup }, { get_resource: SlurmSecGroup }, { get_resource: MySQLSecGroup }, { get_resource: NFSSecGroup } ]
     metadata:
      ansible_host_groups: [ SQLNodes, NFSNodes ]
-     ansible_ssh_user: ec2-user
+     ansible_ssh_user: ubuntu
      project_name: { get_param: project_name }
     networks:
       - network: { get_param: NetID }