diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index be6c602f63..2152b2a1d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
-	github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-kinds v1.2.3
+	github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-kinds v1.3.0
 	github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20240523174825-f4d441adb453
 	github.com/replicatedhq/kurlkinds v1.5.0
 	github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot v0.92.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 65df948c45..d0e5327275 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1308,8 +1308,8 @@ github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.0.5/go.mod h1:WqMKv5vnQbRuZstUwxQI195wHy+t4PuXDO
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.1.0 h1:137FnGdk+EQdCbye1FW+qOEcY5S+SpY9T0NiuqvtfMY=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.1.0/go.mod h1:urWj3He21Dj5k4TK1y59xH8Uj6ATueP8AH1cY3lZl4c=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20170806203942-52369c62f446/go.mod h1:uYEyJGbgTkfkS4+E/PavXkNJcbFIpEtjt2B0KDQ5+9M=
-github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-kinds v1.2.3 h1:1gfmGqeY7lplGozv9j3p4G2mvoRdh4fNSGcLB9mZ+fc=
-github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-kinds v1.2.3/go.mod h1:NIwwkFGoNHIxx+5mHRihvQU6RqZ/xt/A5RzaHpBh2ZY=
+github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-kinds v1.3.0 h1:7KgSK25kcsOmMdcVgGooaeOTO65kZYc9sJTvsbUYK8A=
+github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-kinds v1.3.0/go.mod h1:YognvIhVsE5CevfCU0XLTMUCIAiXhWyYhwbU0EwCnvA=
 github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20240523174825-f4d441adb453 h1:g8CQQ9R4gjIdoHuBX1LN1hmF3Omq2JfA040JfpfNVC8=
 github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20240523174825-f4d441adb453/go.mod h1:QjhIUu3+OmHZ09u09j3FCoTt8F3BYtQglS+OLmftu9I=
 github.com/replicatedhq/kurlkinds v1.5.0 h1:zZ0PKNeh4kXvSzVGkn62DKTo314GxhXg1TSB3azURMc=
diff --git a/pkg/embeddedcluster/util.go b/pkg/embeddedcluster/util.go
index 65ede96bd9..bee87f943f 100644
--- a/pkg/embeddedcluster/util.go
+++ b/pkg/embeddedcluster/util.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func startClusterUpgrade(ctx context.Context, newcfg embeddedclusterv1beta1.Conf
 		Spec: embeddedclusterv1beta1.InstallationSpec{
 			ClusterID:                 current.Spec.ClusterID,
 			MetricsBaseURL:            current.Spec.MetricsBaseURL,
+			IsHighAvailability:        current.Spec.IsHighAvailability,
 			AirGap:                    current.Spec.AirGap,
 			Artifacts:                 artifacts,
 			Config:                    &newcfg,