diff --git a/Documentation/ceph-upgrade.md b/Documentation/ceph-upgrade.md
index d28b5aeee71c..717b832f6edc 100644
--- a/Documentation/ceph-upgrade.md
+++ b/Documentation/ceph-upgrade.md
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ below, which you should change to match where your images are located.
         value: "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-provisioner:v1.3.0"
     - name: ROOK_CSI_SNAPSHOTTER_IMAGE
         value: "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-snapshotter:v1.2.0"
-    #ROOK_CSI_ATTACHER_IMAGE is required if Kubernetes version is 1.13.x
     - name: ROOK_CSI_ATTACHER_IMAGE
         value: "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v1.2.0"
 ```
diff --git a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
index b92be0a34305..1d5579667bcc 100644
--- a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
+++ b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ csi:
     #image: quay.io/k8scsi/csi-provisioner:v1.3.0
   #snapshotter:
     #image: quay.io/k8scsi/csi-snapshotter:v1.2.0
-  # attacher is required if Kubernetes version is 1.13.x
   #attacher:
     #image: quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v1.2.0
 
diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
index 484c398cb049..27988be9ee8d 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccount: rook-csi-cephfs-provisioner-sa
       containers:
+        - name: csi-attacher
+          image: {{ .AttacherImage }}
+          args:
+            - "--v=5"
+            - "--csi-address=$(ADDRESS)"
+            - "--leader-election=true"
+            - "--timeout=150s"
+            - "--leader-election-type=leases"
+            - "--leader-election-namespace={{ .Namespace }}"
+          env:
+            - name: ADDRESS
+              value: /csi/csi-provisioner.sock
+          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: socket-dir
+              mountPath: /csi
         - name: csi-provisioner
           image: {{ .ProvisionerImage }}
           args:
diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
index 1d494a1bbd33..a7edc21ba93f 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: socket-dir
               mountPath: /csi
+        - name: csi-rbdplugin-attacher
+          image: {{ .AttacherImage }}
+          args:
+            - "--v=5"
+            - "--timeout=150s"
+            - "--csi-address=$(ADDRESS)"
+            - "--leader-election=true"
+            - "--leader-election-type=leases"
+            - "--leader-election-namespace={{ .Namespace }}"
+          env:
+            - name: ADDRESS
+              value: /csi/csi-provisioner.sock
+          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: socket-dir
+              mountPath: /csi
         - name: csi-snapshotter
           image:  {{ .SnapshotterImage }}
           args:
diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/operator.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/operator.yaml
index 53a7f1cd4702..16bf5d95b5b8 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/operator.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/operator.yaml
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ spec:
         #  value: "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-provisioner:v1.3.0"
         #- name: ROOK_CSI_SNAPSHOTTER_IMAGE
         #  value: "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-snapshotter:v1.2.0"
-        # ROOK_CSI_ATTACHER_IMAGE is required if Kubernetes version is 1.13.x
         #- name: ROOK_CSI_ATTACHER_IMAGE
         #  value: "quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v1.2.0"
         # kubelet directory path, if kubelet configured to use other than /var/lib/kubelet path.
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
index 0427c94c3a72..a78f2b72dd0c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func StartCSIDrivers(namespace string, clientset kubernetes.Interface, ver *vers
 
 // createCSIDriverInfo Registers CSI driver by creating a CSIDriver object
 func createCSIDriverInfo(clientset kubernetes.Interface, name string) error {
-	attach := false
+	attach := true
 	mountInfo := false
 	// Create CSIDriver object
 	csiDriver := &k8scsi.CSIDriver{