diff --git a/watcher/conf/cinder_client.py b/watcher/conf/cinder_client.py
index 835d350e8..ddd86b4f0 100644
--- a/watcher/conf/cinder_client.py
+++ b/watcher/conf/cinder_client.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cinder_client = cfg.OptGroup(name='cinder_client',
 
 CINDER_CLIENT_OPTS = [
     cfg.StrOpt('api_version',
-               default='2',
+               default='3',
                help='Version of Cinder API to use in cinderclient.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('endpoint_type',
                default='internalURL',