diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20206be8
--- /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_users
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5b50175a..835b1b39 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.2.0 [Unreleased]
+--------------------------
+
+Work in progress.
+
 Version 1.1.0 [2024-11-20]
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/openwisp_users/__init__.py b/openwisp_users/__init__.py
index b2d7e964..c8e813a3 100644
--- a/openwisp_users/__init__.py
+++ b/openwisp_users/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (1, 1, 0, 'final')
+VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'alpha')
 __version__ = VERSION  # alias
 
 
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 2126fbeb..fdb5bdf2 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-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
 django-reversion~=5.1.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ac42a69f..40d7f549 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ django-extensions~=3.2.3
 django-allauth[socialaccount]~=0.63.6
 django-phonenumber-field~=8.0.0
 phonenumbers~=8.13.50
-openwisp-utils[rest,celery]~=1.1.1
+openwisp-utils[rest,celery] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
 packaging
 django-sesame~=3.2.2