diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12d5954c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: Replicate Commits to Version Branch
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  version-branch:
+    uses: openwisp/openwisp-utils/.github/workflows/reusable-version-branch.yml@master
+    with:
+      module_name: openwisp_monitoring
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index aa52197c..9b7c5b25 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.2.0 [Unreleased]
+--------------------------
+
+Work in progress.
+
 Version 1.1.1 [2024-11-26]
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py b/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py
index 5327dc4c..60e34a65 100644
--- a/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py
+++ b/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (1, 1, 1, 'final')
+VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'alpha')
 __version__ = VERSION  # alias
 
 
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index f6c7cc74..42b8fc7b 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-openwisp-utils[qa,selenium]~=1.1.1
+openwisp-utils[qa,selenium] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
 django-redis~=5.4.0
 mock-ssh-server~=0.9.1
 channels_redis~=4.2.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ff488fac..1f9f4c8b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-openwisp-controller~=1.1.0
+openwisp-controller @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller/tarball/1.2
 influxdb~=5.3.2
 django-nested-admin~=4.0.2
 python-dateutil>=2.7.0,<3.0.0