diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2
index df606d3541..129c1dfcaf 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ scheme = https
 use = egg:bodhi
 filter-with = proxy-prefix
 
+# Release status
+# pre-beta enforces the 'Pre Beta' policy defined here:
+# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy
+f23.status = 'pre_beta'
+
+f23.post_beta.mandatory_days_in_testing = 7
+f23.post_beta.critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
+f23.post_beta.critpath.min_karma = 2
+f23.post_beta.critpath.stable_after_days_without_negative_karma = 14
+
+f23.pre_beta.mandatory_days_in_testing = 3
+f23.pre_beta.critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
+f23.pre_beta.critpath.min_karma = 1
+
 ##
 ## Atomic OSTree support
 ## This will compose Atomic OSTrees during the push process using the fedmsg-atomic-composer