diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b23b695..50a6c43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 -v </path/to/your/configs>:/data/conf
 
 ### Prerequisite 
 [bonfire](https://github.com/RedHatInsights/bonfire)
+
+NOTE: The minimum required version of [bonfire](https://github.com/RedHatInsights/bonfire)
+is specified in the MIN_BONFIRE_VERSION variable in the deploy.sh script
+Bonfire could be upgraded by command:
+```asciidoc
+pip install --upgrade crc-bonfire
+```
+Latest version of [bonfire](https://github.com/RedHatInsights/bonfire) could be found [here](https://github.com/RedHatInsights/bonfire/releases).
+
+
 [oc](https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.8/cli_reference/openshift_cli/getting-started-cli.html) 
 
 You should have logged into a valid openshift cluster using the oc login command
diff --git a/deploy/deploy.sh b/deploy/deploy.sh
index f1d9899..393be7c 100755
--- a/deploy/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Define the minimum required version
+MIN_BONFIRE_VERSION="5.7.2"
 
 RBAC_ARGUMENT="$1"
 RBAC_DIR="$2"
@@ -29,6 +33,15 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
+CURRENT_BONFIRE_VERSION=$(bonfire version | cut -d' ' -f3)
+
+if [[ $(printf '%s\n' "$MIN_BONFIRE_VERSION" "$CURRENT_BONFIRE_VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1) != "$MIN_BONFIRE_VERSION" ]]; then
+  echo "Current bonfire version ($CURRENT_BONFIRE_VERSION) is less than required version ($MIN_BONFIRE_VERSION)."
+  echo "Please upgrade bonfire with command:"
+  echo "pip install --upgrade crc-bonfire"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Check if there is an existing NS
 RESERVATIONS=$(bonfire namespace list -m)
 
@@ -86,7 +99,12 @@ done
 echo "postgress is ready"
 
 # Create spiceDB bootstrap schema configmap
-oc create configmap spicedb-schema --from-file=schema.yaml -n $NAMESPACE
+
+if ! oc get configmap spicedb-schema >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    oc create configmap spicedb-schema --from-file=schema.yaml -n $NAMESPACE
+else
+    echo "Configmap 'spicedb-schema' already exists."
+fi
 
 #Deploy Relations service, spiceDB service and rbac service when $RBAC_ARGUMENT is not empty
 bonfire deploy $RBAC_ARGUMENT relationships -n $NAMESPACE --local-config-method merge --local-config-path $config_file_location