diff --git a/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/all/all.yml b/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/all/all.yml
index e6b52210..615135af 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/all/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/genestack/group_vars/all/all.yml
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ kube_webhook_token_auth_url_skip_tls_verify: false
 
 ## NTP Settings
 # Start the ntpd or chrony service and enable it at system boot.
-ntp_enabled: true
-ntp_manage_config: true
+ntp_enabled: false
+ntp_manage_config: false
 ntp_servers:
   - "0.pool.ntp.org iburst"
   - "1.pool.ntp.org iburst"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/host_setup/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/host_setup/defaults/main.yml
index f9beef4c..21934cf2 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/host_setup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/host_setup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -128,3 +128,8 @@ host_specific_kernel_modules: []
 # Optional user defined list of sysctl options in the same dict item format as
 # above.
 user_kernel_options: []
+
+# Limited to two servers, the first one is the primary and the second one is the backup.
+host_ntp_server:
+  - 0.pool.ntp.org
+  - 1.pool.ntp.org
diff --git a/ansible/roles/host_setup/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/host_setup/handlers/main.yml
index 9fc3f70f..4c33c49f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/host_setup/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/host_setup/handlers/main.yml
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@
     name: "queue_max.service"
     state: "restarted"
     enabled: true
+
+- name: Reload systemd-timesyncd
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: systemd-timesyncd.service
+    state: restarted
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/ansible/roles/host_setup/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/host_setup/tasks/main.yml
index 365ea75e..ec93fcc5 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/host_setup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/host_setup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -122,11 +122,16 @@
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
 
-# this is added to remove conflicts with systemd-timesyncd and ntpsec with kubespray installation
-- name: Ensure conflicting time synchronization packages are removed
-  package:
-    name:
-      - ntpsec
-      - systemd-timesyncd
-    state: absent
-    purge: yes
+- name: Ensure timesyncd is running
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: systemd-timesyncd
+    state: started
+    enabled: true
+  notify: Reload systemd-timesyncd
+
+- name: Create systemd-timesyncd configuration file
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: timesyncd.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Reload systemd-timesyncd
diff --git a/ansible/roles/host_setup/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/host_setup/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b33bee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/host_setup/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Time]
+NTP={{ host_ntp_server | first }}
+FallbackNTP={{ host_ntp_server | last }}
+#RootDistanceMaxSec=5
+#PollIntervalMinSec=32
+#PollIntervalMaxSec=2048
+#ConnectionRetrySec=30
+#SaveIntervalSec=60
diff --git a/ansible/roles/host_setup/vars/ubuntu.yml b/ansible/roles/host_setup/vars/ubuntu.yml
index a3e9b6ad..3e547cac 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/host_setup/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/host_setup/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ _host_distro_packages:
   - rsync
   - software-properties-common
   - sysstat
+  - systemd-timesyncd
   - time
   - vlan
   - wget
diff --git a/docs/openstack-data-disk-recovery.md b/docs/openstack-data-disk-recovery.md
index 0c1ab901..6839240b 100644
--- a/docs/openstack-data-disk-recovery.md
+++ b/docs/openstack-data-disk-recovery.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ modprobe nbd max_part=8
 ### Connect qemu-nbd to the Disk File
 
 ``` shell
-qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 /var/lib/nova/instances/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 /var/lib/nova/instances/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/disk
 ```
 
 - This command associates the instance disk file with the `/dev/nbd0` block device.