diff --git a/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/defaults/main.yml
index 126a196..3bc086f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 # Currently only the 4.18 profile has been placed and adjusted for this testing in this repo
 telco_core_profile_version: 4.18
 
-# Enable means uncommented, so false means comment out for now
+# Enable overriding the clusterlogging subscription reference CR channel
+telco_core_reference_cluster_logging_channel_override_enable: true
+telco_core_reference_cluster_logging_channel_override: stable-6.1
+
+# Enabling a cluster logging version refers to enabling a specific target version for
+# the cluster logging operator status to be compliant with. Setting as false means the
+# version will be commented and your policy will be compliant regardless of the version
+# of the cluster logging operator installed.
 telco_core_cluster_logging_version_enable: false
 telco_core_cluster_logging_version: cluster-logging.v6.0.0
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/files/release-4.18/reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogSubscription.yaml b/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/files/release-4.18/reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogSubscription.yaml
index 7061a75..f313c7b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/files/release-4.18/reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogSubscription.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/files/release-4.18/reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogSubscription.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cluster-logging
   namespace: openshift-logging
 spec:
-  channel: "stable-6.1"
+  channel: "stable-6.0"
   name: cluster-logging
   source: redhat-operators-disconnected
   sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/templates/release-4.18/core-baseline.yaml b/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/templates/release-4.18/core-baseline.yaml
index 5d36d6e..ac1e2f4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/templates/release-4.18/core-baseline.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/telco-core-ztp/templates/release-4.18/core-baseline.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ policies:
       - path: reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogNS.yaml
       - path: reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogOperGroup.yaml
       - path: reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogSubscription.yaml
+{% if telco_core_reference_cluster_logging_channel_override_enable %}
+        patches:
+        - spec:
+            channel: "{{ telco_core_reference_cluster_logging_channel_override }}"
+{% else %}
+        # patches:
+        # - spec:
+        #     channel: "{{ telco_core_reference_cluster_logging_channel_override }}"
+{% endif %}
       - path: reference-crs/optional/logging/ClusterLogOperatorStatus.yaml
         patches:
         - status: