diff --git a/playbooks/devstack-tempest-ipv6.yaml b/playbooks/devstack-tempest-ipv6.yaml
index d56fb73..568077e 100644
--- a/playbooks/devstack-tempest-ipv6.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/devstack-tempest-ipv6.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,17 @@
     # address is IPv6 etc. This is invoked before tests are run so that we can
     # fail early if anything missing the IPv6 settings or deployments.
     - devstack-ipv6-only-deployments-verification
-    - run-tempest
+  tasks:
+    - name: Run Tempest version <= 26.0.0
+      include_role:
+        name: run-tempest-26
+      when:
+        - zuul.branch is defined
+        - zuul.branch in ["stable/ocata", "stable/pike", "stable/queens", "stable/rocky", "stable/stein"]
+
+    - name: Run Tempest
+      include_role:
+        name: run-tempest
+      when:
+        - zuul.branch is defined
+        - zuul.branch not in ["stable/ocata", "stable/pike", "stable/queens", "stable/rocky", "stable/stein"]
diff --git a/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml b/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml
index 3b969f2..269999c 100644
--- a/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,17 @@
             (run_tempest_cleanup is defined and run_tempest_cleanup | bool) or
             (run_tempest_fail_if_leaked_resources is defined and run_tempest_fail_if_leaked_resources | bool)
 
+    - name: Run Tempest version <= 26.0.0
+      include_role:
+        name: run-tempest-26
+      when: (zuul.branch is defined and zuul.branch in ["stable/ocata", "stable/pike", "stable/queens", "stable/rocky", "stable/stein"]) or
+            (zuul.override_checkout is defined and zuul.override_checkout in ["stable/ocata", "stable/pike", "stable/queens", "stable/rocky", "stable/stein"])
+
     - name: Run Tempest
       include_role:
         name: run-tempest
+      when: (zuul.branch is defined and zuul.branch not in ["stable/ocata", "stable/pike", "stable/queens", "stable/rocky", "stable/stein"] and zuul.override_checkout is not defined) or
+            (zuul.override_checkout is defined and zuul.override_checkout not in ["stable/ocata", "stable/pike", "stable/queens", "stable/rocky", "stable/stein"])
 
     - name: Run tempest cleanup dry-run
       include_role: