diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/Makefile b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/Makefile
index 3e2ff4d1..e8fc21ca 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/Makefile
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/Makefile
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ TOOLS_BIN_DIR := $(abspath $(TOOLS_DIR)/$(BIN_DIR))
 E2E_FRAMEWORK_DIR := $(TEST_DIR)/framework
 GO_INSTALL := ./scripts/go_install.sh
 
-TAG ?= dev
-ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
-ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x
+export PATH := $(abspath $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)):$(PATH)
 
 #
 # Binaries.
@@ -83,15 +81,18 @@ TAG ?= dev
 ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x
 
+# Allow overriding the imagePullPolicy
+PULL_POLICY ?= Always
+
 # Set build time variables including version details
 LDFLAGS := $(shell hack/version.sh)
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: build
+all: test managers
 
 .PHONY: help
 help: ## Display this help.
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m<target>\033[0m\n"} /^[a-zA-Z_0-9-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m<target>\033[0m\n\nTargets:\n"} /^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-45s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^\$$\([0-9A-Za-z_-]+\):.*?##/ { gsub("_","-", $$1); printf "  \033[36m%-45s\033[0m %s\n", tolower(substr($$1, 3, length($$1)-7)), $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
 ## --------------------------------------
 ## Generate / Manifests
@@ -99,13 +100,41 @@ help: ## Display this help.
 
 ##@ generate:
 
-.PHONY: manifests
-manifests: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Generate WebhookConfiguration, ClusterRole and CustomResourceDefinition objects.
-	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) rbac:roleName=manager-role crd webhook paths="./..." output:crd:artifacts:config=config/crd/bases
+ALL_GENERATE_MODULES = capkk
 
 .PHONY: generate
-generate: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Generate code containing DeepCopy, DeepCopyInto, and DeepCopyObject method implementations.
-	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
+generate: ## Run all generate-manifests-*, generate-go-deepcopy-* targets
+	$(MAKE) generate-modules generate-manifests generate-go-deepcopy
+
+.PHONY: generate-manifests
+generate-manifests: ## Run all generate-manifest-* targets
+	$(MAKE) $(addprefix generate-manifests-,$(ALL_GENERATE_MODULES))
+
+.PHONY: generate-manifests-capkk
+generate-manifests-capkk: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Generate manifests e.g. CRD, RBAC etc. for core
+	$(MAKE) clean-generated-yaml SRC_DIRS="./config/crd/bases"
+	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) \
+		paths=./api/... \
+		crd:crdVersions=v1 \
+		rbac:roleName=manager-role \
+		output:crd:dir=./config/crd/bases \
+		output:webhook:dir=./config/webhook \
+		webhook
+
+.PHONY: generate-go-deepcopy
+generate-go-deepcopy:  ## Run all generate-go-deepcopy-* targets
+	$(MAKE) $(addprefix generate-go-deepcopy-,$(ALL_GENERATE_MODULES))
+
+.PHONY: generate-go-deepcopy-capkk
+generate-go-deepcopy-capkk: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Generate deepcopy go code for core
+	$(MAKE) clean-generated-deepcopy SRC_DIRS="./api"
+	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) \
+		object:headerFile=./hack/boilerplate.go.txt \
+		paths=./api/... \
+
+.PHONY: generate-modules
+generate-modules: ## Run go mod tidy to ensure modules are up to date
+	go mod tidy
 
 ## --------------------------------------
 ## Lint / Verify
@@ -145,103 +174,6 @@ verify-gen: generate  ## Verify go generated files are up to date
 		echo "generated files are out of date, run make generate"; exit 1; \
 	fi
 
-##@ Build
-
-.PHONY: build
-build: generate fmt vet ## Build manager binary.
-	go build -o bin/manager main.go
-
-.PHONY: run
-run: manifests generate fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
-	go run ./main.go
-
-.PHONY: docker-build
-docker-build:  ## Build docker image with the manager.
-	docker build -t ${IMG} .
-
-.PHONY: docker-push
-docker-push: ## Push docker image with the manager.
-	docker push ${IMG}
-
-##@ Deployment
-
-ifndef ignore-not-found
-  ignore-not-found = false
-endif
-
-.PHONY: install
-install: manifests kustomize ## Install CRDs into the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
-	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd | kubectl apply -f -
-
-.PHONY: uninstall
-uninstall: manifests kustomize ## Uninstall CRDs from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config. Call with ignore-not-found=true to ignore resource not found errors during deletion.
-	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd | kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=$(ignore-not-found) -f -
-
-.PHONY: deploy
-deploy: manifests kustomize ## Deploy controller to the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
-	cd config/manager && $(KUSTOMIZE) edit set image controller=${IMG}
-	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default | kubectl apply -f -
-
-.PHONY: undeploy
-undeploy: ## Undeploy controller from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config. Call with ignore-not-found=true to ignore resource not found errors during deletion.
-	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default | kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=$(ignore-not-found) -f -
-
-.PHONY: bundle
-bundle: manifests kustomize ## Generate bundle manifests and metadata, then validate generated files.
-	operator-sdk generate kustomize manifests -q
-	cd config/manager && $(KUSTOMIZE) edit set image controller=$(IMG)
-	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/manifests | operator-sdk generate bundle $(BUNDLE_GEN_FLAGS)
-	operator-sdk bundle validate ./bundle
-
-.PHONY: bundle-build
-bundle-build: ## Build the bundle image.
-	docker build -f bundle.Dockerfile -t $(BUNDLE_IMG) .
-
-.PHONY: bundle-push
-bundle-push: ## Push the bundle image.
-	$(MAKE) docker-push IMG=$(BUNDLE_IMG)
-
-.PHONY: opm
-OPM = ./bin/opm
-opm: ## Download opm locally if necessary.
-ifeq (,$(wildcard $(OPM)))
-ifeq (,$(shell which opm 2>/dev/null))
-	@{ \
-	set -e ;\
-	mkdir -p $(dir $(OPM)) ;\
-	OS=$(shell go env GOOS) && ARCH=$(shell go env GOARCH) && \
-	curl -sSLo $(OPM) https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/releases/download/v1.19.1/$${OS}-$${ARCH}-opm ;\
-	chmod +x $(OPM) ;\
-	}
-else
-OPM = $(shell which opm)
-endif
-endif
-
-# A comma-separated list of bundle images (e.g. make catalog-build BUNDLE_IMGS=example.com/operator-bundle:v0.1.0,example.com/operator-bundle:v0.2.0).
-# These images MUST exist in a registry and be pull-able.
-BUNDLE_IMGS ?= $(BUNDLE_IMG)
-
-# The image tag given to the resulting catalog image (e.g. make catalog-build CATALOG_IMG=example.com/operator-catalog:v0.2.0).
-CATALOG_IMG ?= $(IMAGE_TAG_BASE)-catalog:v$(VERSION)
-
-# Set CATALOG_BASE_IMG to an existing catalog image tag to add $BUNDLE_IMGS to that image.
-ifneq ($(origin CATALOG_BASE_IMG), undefined)
-FROM_INDEX_OPT := --from-index $(CATALOG_BASE_IMG)
-endif
-
-# Build a catalog image by adding bundle images to an empty catalog using the operator package manager tool, 'opm'.
-# This recipe invokes 'opm' in 'semver' bundle add mode. For more information on add modes, see:
-# https://github.com/operator-framework/community-operators/blob/7f1438c/docs/packaging-operator.md#updating-your-existing-operator
-.PHONY: catalog-build
-catalog-build: opm ## Build a catalog image.
-	$(OPM) index add --container-tool docker --mode semver --tag $(CATALOG_IMG) --bundles $(BUNDLE_IMGS) $(FROM_INDEX_OPT)
-
-# Push the catalog image.
-.PHONY: catalog-push
-catalog-push: ## Push a catalog image.
-	$(MAKE) docker-push IMG=$(CATALOG_IMG)
-
 ## --------------------------------------
 ## Binaries
 ## --------------------------------------
@@ -282,6 +214,34 @@ docker-build-e2e: ## Build the docker image for capkk
 	$(MAKE) set-manifest-image MANIFEST_IMG=$(CAPKK_CONTROLLER_IMG) MANIFEST_TAG="e2e" TARGET_RESOURCE="./config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml"
 	$(MAKE) set-manifest-pull-policy PULL_POLICY=IfNotPresent TARGET_RESOURCE="./config/default/manager_pull_policy.yaml"
 
+## --------------------------------------
+## Deployment
+## --------------------------------------
+
+##@ deployment
+
+ifndef ignore-not-found
+  ignore-not-found = false
+endif
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: generate $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Install CRDs into the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
+	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd | kubectl apply -f -
+
+.PHONY: uninstall
+uninstall: generate $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Uninstall CRDs from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config. Call with ignore-not-found=true to ignore resource not found errors during deletion.
+	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd | kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=$(ignore-not-found) -f -
+
+.PHONY: deploy
+deploy: generate $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Deploy controller to the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
+	cd config/manager && $(KUSTOMIZE) edit set image controller=$(CAPKK_CONTROLLER_IMG)-$(ARCH):$(TAG)
+	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default | kubectl apply -f -
+
+.PHONY: undeploy
+undeploy: ## Undeploy controller from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config. Call with ignore-not-found=true to ignore resource not found errors during deletion.
+	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default | kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=$(ignore-not-found) -f -
+
+
 ## --------------------------------------
 ## Testing
 ## --------------------------------------
@@ -334,6 +294,33 @@ set-manifest-image:
 	$(info Updating kustomize image patch file for manager resource)
 	sed -i'' -e 's@image: .*@image: '"${MANIFEST_IMG}:$(MANIFEST_TAG)"'@' $(TARGET_RESOURCE)
 
+## --------------------------------------
+## Cleanup / Verification
+## --------------------------------------
+
+##@ clean:
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: ## Remove all generated files
+	$(MAKE) clean-bin
+
+.PHONY: clean-bin
+clean-bin: ## Remove all generated binaries
+	rm -rf $(BIN_DIR)
+	rm -rf $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)
+
+.PHONY: clean-release-git
+clean-release-git: ## Restores the git files usually modified during a release
+	git restore ./*manager_image_patch.yaml ./*manager_pull_policy.yaml
+
+.PHONY: clean-generated-yaml
+clean-generated-yaml: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1beta1"
+	(IFS=','; for i in $(SRC_DIRS); do find $$i -type f -name '*.yaml' -exec rm -f {} \;; done)
+
+.PHONY: clean-generated-deepcopy
+clean-generated-deepcopy: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1beta1"
+	(IFS=','; for i in $(SRC_DIRS); do find $$i -type f -name 'zz_generated.deepcopy*' -exec rm -f {} \;; done)
+
 ## --------------------------------------
 ## Hack / Tools
 ## --------------------------------------
@@ -370,4 +357,4 @@ $(SETUP_ENVTEST): # Build setup-envtest from tools folder.
 $(GOLANGCI_LINT): ../../.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml # Download golangci-lint using hack script into tools folder.
 	hack/ensure-golangci-lint.sh \
 		-b $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) \
-		$(shell cat .github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml | grep [[:space:]]version | sed 's/.*version: //')
\ No newline at end of file
+		$(shell cat .github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml | grep [[:space:]]version | sed 's/.*version: //')
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/groupversion_info.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/groupversion_info.go
index 956b213c..0e411b4a 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/groupversion_info.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/groupversion_info.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_types.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_types.go
index dc599919..4197c1d5 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_types.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_webhook.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_webhook.go
index f5266ec4..72719b4f 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_webhook.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkcluster_webhook.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_types.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_types.go
index bc403d21..a20f1228 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_types.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_webhook.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_webhook.go
index 6a27b10c..ef98a9bf 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_webhook.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkclustertemplate_webhook.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkinstance_types.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkinstance_types.go
index 7760293b..2c8d2dd6 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkinstance_types.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkinstance_types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachine_types.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachine_types.go
index fb05e86c..11ae6d85 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachine_types.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachine_types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachinetemplate_types.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachinetemplate_types.go
index 24f76543..ef6f1087 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachinetemplate_types.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/kkmachinetemplate_types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index e231067d..fd341bf8 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkcluster_controller.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkcluster_controller.go
index dee2f41e..1b533308 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkcluster_controller.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkcluster_controller.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkinstance_controller.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkinstance_controller.go
index 16985304..1e7bac04 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkinstance_controller.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkinstance_controller.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkmachine_controller.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkmachine_controller.go
index 69f3dd52..3ee4df85 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkmachine_controller.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/controllers/kkmachine_controller.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/hack/boilerplate.go.txt b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
index 29c55ecd..62802d18 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/main.go b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/main.go
index 5f13a02c..43d753ac 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/main.go
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/main.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2022.
+Copyright 2022 The KubeSphere Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
index b862beca..1c5b237d 100644
--- a/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
+++ b/exp/cluster-api-provider-kubekey/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ images:
     loadBehavior: tryLoad
   - name: quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-controller:v1.8.2
     loadBehavior: tryLoad
-  - name: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-api/cluster-api-controller:v1.2.0
+  - name: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-api/cluster-api-controller:v1.2.1
     loadBehavior: tryLoad
-  - name: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-api/kubeadm-bootstrap-controller:v1.2.0
+  - name: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-api/kubeadm-bootstrap-controller:v1.2.1
     loadBehavior: tryLoad
-  - name: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-api/kubeadm-control-plane-controller:v1.2.0
+  - name: k8s.gcr.io/cluster-api/kubeadm-control-plane-controller:v1.2.1
     loadBehavior: tryLoad
   - name: ghcr.io/kube-vip/kube-vip:v0.5.0
     loadBehavior: tryLoad
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ providers:
   - name: cluster-api
     type: CoreProvider
     versions:
-      - name: v1.2.0 # latest published release in the v1beta1 series; this is used for v1beta1 --> main clusterctl upgrades test only.
-        value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.2.0/core-components.yaml"
+      - name: v1.2.1 # latest published release in the v1beta1 series; this is used for v1beta1 --> main clusterctl upgrades test only.
+        value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.2.1/core-components.yaml"
         type: "url"
         contract: v1beta1
         files:
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ providers:
     files:
       - sourcePath: "../data/shared/v1beta1/metadata.yaml"
     versions:
-      - name: v1.2.0 # latest published release in the v1beta1 series; this is used for v1beta1 --> main clusterctl upgrades test only.
-        value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.2.0/bootstrap-components.yaml"
+      - name: v1.2.1 # latest published release in the v1beta1 series; this is used for v1beta1 --> main clusterctl upgrades test only.
+        value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.2.1/bootstrap-components.yaml"
         type: "url"
         contract: v1beta1
         files:
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ providers:
     files:
       - sourcePath: "../data/shared/v1beta1/metadata.yaml"
     versions:
-      - name: v1.2.0 # latest published release in the v1beta1 series; this is used for v1beta1 --> main clusterctl upgrades test only.
-        value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.2.0/control-plane-components.yaml"
+      - name: v1.2.1 # latest published release in the v1beta1 series; this is used for v1beta1 --> main clusterctl upgrades test only.
+        value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.2.1/control-plane-components.yaml"
         type: "url"
         contract: v1beta1
         files: