diff --git a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 0e7d69a4..34391c41 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     parent: base
     run: playbooks/dib-functests/run.yaml
     post-run: playbooks/dib-functests/post.yaml
-    timeout: 3600
+    timeout: 5400
     required-projects:
       - openstack/diskimage-builder
       - openstack/requirements
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       dib_functests:
         - centos7/build-succeeds
         - opensuse/build-succeeds
-        - opensuse/opensuse423-build-succeeds
+        - opensuse/opensuse150-build-succeeds
         - fedora/build-succeeds
         - ubuntu/trusty-build-succeeds
         - ubuntu/xenial-build-succeeds
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       # opensuse-minimal can only build on xenial ATM, as other
       # platforms don't have zypper
       dib_functests_extra:
-        - opensuse-minimal/opensuse423-build-succeeds
+        - opensuse-minimal/opensuse150-build-succeeds
 
 - job:
     name: dib-functests-xenial-python3-containers
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/README.rst
index fa0b925e..3dff5041 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/README.rst
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ Environment Variables
 
 DIB_RELEASE
   :Required: No
-  :Default: 42.3
+  :Default: 15.0
   :Description: Set the desired openSUSE release.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
index 3e869e10..57d59b1d 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=opensuse
-DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-42.3}
+DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-15.0}
 export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE,,}
 export DIB_OPENSUSE_PATTERNS=patterns-openSUSE-base
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97c55f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Verify we can build an openSUSE Leap 15.0 image.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/element-deps
similarity index 100%
rename from diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/element-deps
rename to diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/element-deps
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f01f559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export DIB_RELEASE=15.0
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b919a4d0..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Verify we can build an openSUSE Leap 42.3 image.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index b6af03b1..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export DIB_RELEASE=42.3
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/README.rst
index e6ec7169..a3c7f5e6 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/README.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ opensuse
 Use an openSUSE cloud image as the baseline for built disk images. The images are
 located in distribution specific sub directories under
 
-    http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/
+    https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/
 
 These images should be considered experimental. There are currently only x86_64
 images.
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ Environment Variables
 
 DIB_RELEASE
   :Required: No
-  :Default: 42.3
+  :Default: 15.0
   :Description: Set the desired openSUSE release.
 
 DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES
   :Required: No
-  :Default: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/(openSUSE|Leap)_${DIB_RELEASE}
+  :Default: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/(openSUSE|Leap)_${DIB_RELEASE}
   :Description: Set the desired URL to fetch the images from.
 
 Notes:
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
index 1b92a956..cb1688f2 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=opensuse
-export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-42.3}
+export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-15.0}
 export DIB_OPENSUSE_PATTERNS=patterns-openSUSE-base
 case ${DIB_RELEASE} in
-    # Old openSUSE releases
-    13*) export OPENSUSE_REPO_DIR=openSUSE_${DIB_RELEASE} ;;
-    # New Leap releases
+    # Old Leap releases
     42*) export OPENSUSE_REPO_DIR=openSUSE_Leap_${DIB_RELEASE} ;;
+    # New Leap releases
+    15*) export OPENSUSE_REPO_DIR=openSUSE_Leap_${DIB_RELEASE} ;;
     *) echo "Unsupported openSUSE release: ${DIB_RELEASE}"; exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
-export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-http://download.opensuse.org}
+export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-https://download.opensuse.org}
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/root.d/10-opensuse-cloud-image b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/root.d/10-opensuse-cloud-image
index dc56e536..16607b65 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/root.d/10-opensuse-cloud-image
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/root.d/10-opensuse-cloud-image
@@ -20,22 +20,24 @@ fi
 
 # Set some image defaults
 case ${DIB_RELEASE} in
-    # Old openSUSE releases
-    13*)
-        OPENSUSE_IMAGE_BASEDIR=openSUSE
-        OPENSUSE_IMAGE_FILE=openSUSE-${DIB_RELEASE}-OS
-        ;;
-    # New Leap releases
+    # Old Leap releases
     42*)
         OPENSUSE_IMAGE_BASEDIR=Leap
         OPENSUSE_IMAGE_FILE=openSUSE-Leap-${DIB_RELEASE}-OpenStack
+        OPENSUSE_IMAGE_EXT=tbz
+        ;;
+    # New Leap releases
+    15*)
+        OPENSUSE_IMAGE_BASEDIR=Leap
+        OPENSUSE_IMAGE_FILE=openSUSE-Leap-${DIB_RELEASE}-OpenStack
+        OPENSUSE_IMAGE_EXT=tar.xz
         ;;
     # We handle unknown cases in environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
 esac
 # NOTE(toabctl): if something changes here on the buildservice side, please
 # first ask in #opensuse-cloud on freenode before you change the format here!
-DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=${DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:-http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/${OPENSUSE_IMAGE_BASEDIR}_${DIB_RELEASE}/images/}
-BASE_IMAGE_FILE=${BASE_IMAGE_FILE:-${OPENSUSE_IMAGE_FILE}-rootfs.${ARCH}.tbz}
+DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=${DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:-https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/Images:/${OPENSUSE_IMAGE_BASEDIR}_${DIB_RELEASE}/images/}
+BASE_IMAGE_FILE=${BASE_IMAGE_FILE:-${OPENSUSE_IMAGE_FILE}-rootfs.${ARCH}.${OPENSUSE_IMAGE_EXT}}
 SHA256SUMS_FILE=${SHA256SUMS_FILE:-${BASE_IMAGE_FILE}.sha256}
 
 CACHED_FILE=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/$BASE_IMAGE_FILE
@@ -59,4 +61,4 @@ fi
 
 # Extract the base image (use --numeric-owner to avoid UID/GID mismatch between
 # image tarball and host OS)
-sudo tar -C $TARGET_ROOT --numeric-owner -xjf $CACHED_FILE
+sudo tar -C $TARGET_ROOT --numeric-owner -xf $CACHED_FILE
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97c55f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Verify we can build an openSUSE Leap 15.0 image.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f01f559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse150-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export DIB_RELEASE=15.0
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b919a4d0..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Verify we can build an openSUSE Leap 42.3 image.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index b6af03b1..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/test-elements/opensuse423-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export DIB_RELEASE=42.3
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot b/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
index 5a0be063..7fd59791 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
@@ -39,19 +39,16 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 ZYPPER_TARGET_OPTS="--non-interactive --gpg-auto-import-keys --root $TARGET_ROOT"
 ZYPPER_INSTALL_OPTS="--no-recommends"
 
-DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-http://download.opensuse.org}
+DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-https://download.opensuse.org}
 
 case ${DIB_RELEASE} in
-    # We are using "=>" as the assignment symbol since "@" "=" etc could be used in the URI itself.
-    # Remember, we can't export an array in bash so we use a string instead.
-    # Repo format: {name}=>{uri}
-    # Old openSUSE releases
-    13*)
-        ZYPPER_REPOS="update=>${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR}/update/${DIB_RELEASE}/ "
-        ZYPPER_REPOS+="oss=>${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR}/distribution/${DIB_RELEASE}/repo/oss/"
+    # Old Leap releases
+    42*)
+        ZYPPER_REPOS="update=>${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR}/update/leap/${DIB_RELEASE}/oss/ "
+        ZYPPER_REPOS+="oss=>${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR}/distribution/leap/${DIB_RELEASE}/repo/oss/"
         ;;
     # New Leap releases
-    42*|15*)
+    15*)
         ZYPPER_REPOS="update=>${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR}/update/leap/${DIB_RELEASE}/oss/ "
         ZYPPER_REPOS+="oss=>${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR}/distribution/leap/${DIB_RELEASE}/repo/oss/"
         ;;
diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst
index ee6d2538..18a25472 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Distributions which are supported as a build host:
 - RHEL 6, 7
 - Ubuntu 14.04 ("trusty")
 - Gentoo
-- openSUSE Leap 42.2, 42.3 and Tumbleweed
+- openSUSE Leap 42.2, 42.3, 15.0 and Tumbleweed
 
 
 Distributions which are supported as a target for an image:
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ Distributions which are supported as a target for an image:
 - RHEL 6, 7
 - Ubuntu 12.04 ("precise"), 14.04 ("trusty")
 - Gentoo
-- openSUSE Leap 42.2, 42.3 and Tumbleweed (opensuse-minimal only)
+- openSUSE Leap 42.2, 42.3, 15.0 and Tumbleweed (opensuse-minimal only)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/opensuse-150-default-c047033b850d41ec.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/opensuse-150-default-c047033b850d41ec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..785fda62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/opensuse-150-default-c047033b850d41ec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Support in opensuse and opensuse-minimal for openSUSE 13.*  has been removed
+    as these are end of life.
+
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The opensuse and opensuse-minimal element are now defaulting to build 15.0.
+    Building for 42.2 and 42.3 is still supported, however requires setting
+    DIB_RELEASE to '42.3' resp. '42.2' explicitly.
diff --git a/tests/run_functests.sh b/tests/run_functests.sh
index c8b83bd3..906b757f 100755
--- a/tests/run_functests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_functests.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS=(
     # These require "zypper" on the host which is not available on
     # all platforms
     opensuse-minimal/build-succeeds
-    opensuse-minimal/opensuse423-build-succeeds
+    opensuse-minimal/opensuse150-build-succeeds
     # non-voting; not used by infra currently
     gentoo/build-succeeds
     # Needs infra mirroring to move to voting job