diff --git a/api/v1beta1/openstackconfiggenerator_types.go b/api/v1beta1/openstackconfiggenerator_types.go
index ed43976d..bc128845 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/openstackconfiggenerator_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/openstackconfiggenerator_types.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type OpenStackConfigGeneratorSpec struct {
 	// - Production OSP environments MUST have fencing enabled.
 	// - Requires the fence-agents-kubevirt package to be installed in the virtual machines for the roles running pacemaker.
 	EnableFencing bool `json:"enableFencing"`
-	// TripleoRoleOverride - map of TripleO role name to temporary role override to support a multi-rhel environment
+	// TripleoRoleOverride - map of TripleO role name to temporary role override to support a multi-rhel environment (valid for 17.1 only)
 	TripleoRoleOverride map[string]TripleoRoleOverrideSpec `json:"tripleoRoleOverride,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackconfiggenerators.yaml b/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackconfiggenerators.yaml
index 29a0c2a4..9c628cd8 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackconfiggenerators.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackconfiggenerators.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,28 @@ spec:
                 description: Optional. the name of the config map containing custom
                   Heat template tarball which will be extracted prior to config generation
                 type: string
+              tripleoRoleOverride:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  description: TripleoRoleOverrideSpec overrides the Tripleo role
+                    for specific hosts (multi-rhel suppport)
+                  properties:
+                    hostIndexMap:
+                      additionalProperties:
+                        type: boolean
+                      description: HostIndexMap - host indices from current role to
+                        override (defaults to false)
+                      type: object
+                    roleName:
+                      description: RoleOverride - TripleO role name to apply
+                      type: string
+                  required:
+                  - hostIndexMap
+                  - roleName
+                  type: object
+                description: TripleoRoleOverride - map of TripleO role name to temporary
+                  role override to support a multi-rhel environment (valid for 17.1
+                  only)
+                type: object
             required:
             - enableFencing
             - gitSecret
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackdeploys.yaml b/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackdeploys.yaml
index 1e200c1e..165a981e 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackdeploys.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/osp-director.openstack.org_openstackdeploys.yaml
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ spec:
                     description: Ansible inventory limit
                     type: string
                   playbook:
-                    description: Playbook to run from config-download
-                    type: string
+                    description: Playbooks to run from config-download
+                    items:
+                      type: string
+                    type: array
                   skipDeployIdentifier:
                     default: false
                     description: Skip setting a unique deploy identifier
@@ -85,7 +87,9 @@ spec:
                 enum:
                 - deploy
                 - update
+                - upgrade
                 - externalUpdate
+                - externalUpgrade
                 type: string
               skipNNCPValidation:
                 default: false
diff --git a/pkg/openstackconfiggenerator/configmap.go b/pkg/openstackconfiggenerator/configmap.go
index 22054387..5365de55 100644
--- a/pkg/openstackconfiggenerator/configmap.go
+++ b/pkg/openstackconfiggenerator/configmap.go
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ func CreateConfigMapParams(
 		ctx,
 		r,
 		instance,
+		OSPVersion,
 		osNetList,
 		osMACList,
 		networksMap,
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ func createRolesMap(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	r common.ReconcilerCommon,
 	instance *ospdirectorv1beta1.OpenStackConfigGenerator,
+	ospVersion shared.OSPVersion,
 	osNetList *ospdirectorv1beta1.OpenStackNetList,
 	osMACList *ospdirectorv1beta1.OpenStackMACAddressList,
 	networksMap map[string]*networkType,
@@ -382,11 +384,16 @@ func createRolesMap(
 	rolesMap map[string]*RoleType,
 ) error {
 
+	roleOverridePermitted := ospVersion == shared.OSPVersion(shared.TemplateVersion17_1)
+	if instance.Spec.TripleoRoleOverride != nil && !roleOverridePermitted {
+		r.GetLogger().Info("TripleoRoleOverride is only valid for 17.1, ignoring", "OSPVersion", ospVersion)
+	}
+
 	for _, osnet := range osNetList.Items {
 		for roleName, roleReservation := range osnet.Spec.RoleReservations {
 			var roleOveride ospdirectorv1beta1.TripleoRoleOverrideSpec
 			roleOverrideFound := false
-			if instance.Spec.TripleoRoleOverride != nil {
+			if instance.Spec.TripleoRoleOverride != nil && roleOverridePermitted {
 				roleOveride, roleOverrideFound = instance.Spec.TripleoRoleOverride[roleName]
 			}