diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1cac385c6c..0eed1a29ef 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.11.0
+1.12.0
diff --git a/pkg/apis/openebs.io/v1alpha1/versionDetails.go b/pkg/apis/openebs.io/v1alpha1/versionDetails.go
index 925523d504..ebc83c92eb 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/openebs.io/v1alpha1/versionDetails.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/openebs.io/v1alpha1/versionDetails.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var (
 		"1.0.0": true, "1.1.0": true, "1.2.0": true, "1.3.0": true,
 		"1.4.0": true, "1.5.0": true, "1.6.0": true, "1.7.0": true,
 		"1.8.0": true, "1.9.0": true, "1.10.0": true, "1.11.0": true,
+		"1.12.0": true,
 	}
 	validDesiredVersion = version.GetVersion()
 )
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgrader/exec.go b/pkg/upgrade/upgrader/exec.go
index 0fb1402d8f..1aeb76db05 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/upgrader/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgrader/exec.go
@@ -186,15 +186,23 @@ func verifyMayaApiserver(openebsNamespace string) error {
 			},
 		)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get maya-apiserver deployment")
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to list maya-apiserver pod(s)")
 	}
 	if len(mayaPods.Items) == 0 {
 		return errors.Errorf(
-			"failed to get maya-apiserver deployment in %s",
+			"failed to get maya-apiserver pod(s) in %s",
 			openebsNamespace,
 		)
 	}
-	if len(mayaPods.Items) > 1 {
+	mayaDeploy, err := deployClient.WithNamespace(openebsNamespace).List(
+		&metav1.ListOptions{
+			LabelSelector: mayaLabels,
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get maya-apiserver deployment")
+	}
+	if len(mayaPods.Items) != int(*mayaDeploy.Items[0].Spec.Replicas) {
 		return errors.Errorf("control plane upgrade is not complete try after some time")
 	}
 	if mayaPods.Items[0].Labels["openebs.io/version"] != upgradeVersion {