diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce3dd5b3f
--- /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_controller
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index fb0f951e7..6be282cc6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.2.0 [Unreleased]
+--------------------------
+
+Work in progress.
+
 Version 1.1.0 [2024-11-22]
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index d97f348f1..91f8f4641 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pytest-django~=4.9.0
 pytest-asyncio~=0.24.0
 pytest-cov~=5.0.0
-openwisp-utils[qa,selenium]~=1.1.1
+openwisp-utils[qa,selenium] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
 channels_redis~=4.2.1
 django_redis~=5.4.0
 mock-ssh-server~=0.9.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 710a789e7..00a825c83 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 django-sortedm2m~=4.0.0
 django-reversion~=5.1.0
 django-taggit~=4.0.0
-netjsonconfig~=1.1.0
-django-x509~=1.2.0
-django-loci~=1.1.0
+netjsonconfig @ https://github.com/openwisp/netjsonconfig/tarball/1.2
+django-x509 @ https://github.com/openwisp/django-x509/tarball/1.3
+django-loci @ https://github.com/openwisp/django-loci/tarball/1.2
 django-flat-json-widget~=0.3.0
-openwisp-users~=1.1.0
-openwisp-utils[celery]~=1.1.1
-openwisp-notifications~=1.1.0
-openwisp-ipam~=1.1.0
-djangorestframework-gis~=1.1
+openwisp-users @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-users/tarball/1.2
+openwisp-utils[celery] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
+openwisp-notifications @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-notifications/tarball/1.2
+openwisp-ipam @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-ipam/tarball/1.2
+djangorestframework-gis @ https://github.com/openwisp/django-rest-framework-gis/tarball/1.2
 paramiko[ed25519]~=3.5.0
 scp~=0.15.0
 django-cache-memoize~=0.2.0