diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/version-branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f4c511
--- /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_network_topology
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6b14fea..d100c65 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_network_topology/__init__.py b/openwisp_network_topology/__init__.py
index 5327dc4..60e34a6 100644
--- a/openwisp_network_topology/__init__.py
+++ b/openwisp_network_topology/__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 6b34291..e278f05 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pytest-asyncio~=0.24.0
 pytest-django~=4.9.0
 freezegun~=1.5.1
 # Needed to test integrations
-openwisp-monitoring~=1.1.1
-openwisp-controller~=1.1.0
-openwisp-utils[qa,selenium]~=1.1.1
+openwisp-monitoring @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-monitoring/tarball/1.2
+openwisp-controller @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller/tarball/1.2
+openwisp-utils[qa,selenium] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
 redis~=5.2.0
 django_redis~=5.4.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 70820d2..c8f84f0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-openwisp-users~=1.1.0
-netdiff~=1.1.0
+openwisp-users @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-users/tarball/1.2
+netdiff @ https://github.com/openwisp/netdiff/tarball/1.2
 jsonfield~=3.1.0
 django-flat-json-widget~=0.3.1
-openwisp-utils[celery]~=1.1.1
+openwisp-utils[celery] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2