diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 40a06026f68..26463f9987c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ kind-upgrade-chart: kind-load-image
 		--set global.images.kubeovn.tag=$(VERSION)
 	sleep 90
 	kubectl -n kube-system rollout status --timeout=1s deployment/ovn-central
-	kubectl -n kube-system rollout status --timeout=1s daemonset/ovs-ovn
+	kubectl -n kube-system wait pod --for=condition=ready -l app=ovs
 	kubectl -n kube-system rollout status --timeout=1s deployment/kube-ovn-controller
 	kubectl -n kube-system rollout status --timeout=1s daemonset/kube-ovn-cni
 	kubectl -n kube-system rollout status --timeout=1s daemonset/kube-ovn-pinger
diff --git a/charts/Chart.yaml b/charts/Chart.yaml
index 1cb8212f346..fce1b22070a 100644
--- a/charts/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 1.13.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 8be2462daef..60f68fdc203 100644
--- a/charts/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -29,3 +29,18 @@ Number of master nodes
 {{- define "kubeovn.nodeCount" -}}
   {{- len (split "," (.Values.MASTER_NODES | default (include "kubeovn.nodeIPs" .))) }}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "kubeovn.ovs-ovn.updateStrategy" -}}
+  {{- $ds := lookup "apps/v1" "DaemonSet" $.Values.namespace "ovs-ovn" -}}
+  {{- if $ds -}}
+    {{- $updateStrategy := $ds.spec.updateStrategy.type }}
+    {{- $imageVersion := index ((index $ds.spec.template.spec.containers 0).image | splitList ":") 1 | trimPrefix "v" }}
+    {{- if or (eq $updateStrategy "RollingUpdate") (semverCompare ">= 1.12.0" $imageVersion) -}}
+      RollingUpdate
+    {{- else -}}
+      OnDelete
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    RollingUpdate
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/crds/crd.yaml b/charts/templates/kube-ovn-crd.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from charts/crds/crd.yaml
rename to charts/templates/kube-ovn-crd.yaml
diff --git a/charts/templates/ovsovn-ds.yaml b/charts/templates/ovsovn-ds.yaml
index 319d74a98d0..f870e1f52cd 100644
--- a/charts/templates/ovsovn-ds.yaml
+++ b/charts/templates/ovsovn-ds.yaml
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     kubernetes.io/description: |
       This daemon set launches the openvswitch daemon.
+    chart-version: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: ovs
   updateStrategy:
-    type: RollingUpdate
+    type: {{ include "kubeovn.ovs-ovn.updateStrategy" . }}
     rollingUpdate:
       maxSurge: 1
       maxUnavailable: 0
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ spec:
         app: ovs
         component: network
         type: infra
+      annotations:
+        chart-version: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
     spec:
       tolerations:
         - effect: NoSchedule
diff --git a/charts/templates/upgrade-ovs-ovn.yaml b/charts/templates/upgrade-ovs-ovn.yaml
index 980354e6bd0..67118133086 100644
--- a/charts/templates/upgrade-ovs-ovn.yaml
+++ b/charts/templates/upgrade-ovs-ovn.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{{ if (lookup "apps/v1" "DaemonSet" .Values.namespace "ovs-ovn") }}
-{{ if eq (lookup "apps/v1" "DaemonSet" .Values.namespace "ovs-ovn").spec.updateStrategy.type "OnDelete" }}
+{{- if eq (include "kubeovn.ovs-ovn.updateStrategy" .) "OnDelete" }}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       - list
       - get
+      - watch
       - delete
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ spec:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
           command:
-            - sh
+            - bash
+            - -eo
+            - pipefail
             - -c
             - /kube-ovn/upgrade-ovs.sh 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/kube-ovn/upgrade-ovs.log
           volumeMounts:
@@ -139,4 +141,3 @@ spec:
           hostPath:
             path: {{ .Values.log_conf.LOG_DIR }}/kube-ovn
 {{ end }}
-{{ end }}
diff --git a/dist/images/upgrade-ovs.sh b/dist/images/upgrade-ovs.sh
index 6ecabecae9b..ca49f554ce5 100755
--- a/dist/images/upgrade-ovs.sh
+++ b/dist/images/upgrade-ovs.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
+set -ex
 
 POD_NAMESPACE=${POD_NAMESPACE:-kube-system}
 
-dsGenVer=`kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE get ds ovs-ovn -o jsonpath={.metadata.generation}`
-kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE delete pod -l app=ovs,pod-template-generation!=$dsGenVer
+dsChartVer=`kubectl get ds -n $POD_NAMESPACE ovs-ovn -o jsonpath={.spec.template.metadata.annotations.chart-version}`
 
 for node in `kubectl get node -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}'`; do
-  # wait the pod with new version to be created and delete it
+  pods=(`kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE get pod -l app=ovs --field-selector spec.nodeName=$node -o name`)
+  for pod in ${pods[*]}; do
+    podChartVer=`kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE get $pod -o jsonpath={.metadata.annotations.chart-version}`
+    if [ "$dsChartVer" != "$podChartVer" ]; then
+      echo "deleting $pod on node $node"
+      kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE delete $pod
+    fi
+  done
+
   while true; do
-    pod=`kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE get pod -l app=ovs,pod-template-generation=$dsGenVer --field-selector spec.nodeName=$node -o name`
-    if [ ! -z $pod ]; then
-      kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE delete $pod --wait=false
+    pods=(`kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE get pod -l app=ovs --field-selector spec.nodeName=$node -o name`)
+    if [ ${#pods[*]} -ne 0 ]; then
       break
     fi
-    sleep 0.1
+    echo "waiting for ovs-ovn pod on node $node to be created"
+    sleep 1
   done
+
+  echo "waiting for ovs-ovn pod on node $node to be ready"
+  kubectl -n $POD_NAMESPACE wait pod --for=condition=ready -l app=ovs --field-selector spec.nodeName=$node
 done