diff --git a/addons/rook/template/base/install.sh b/addons/rook/template/base/install.sh
index b77f441b94..2b13a7a020 100644
--- a/addons/rook/template/base/install.sh
+++ b/addons/rook/template/base/install.sh
@@ -156,6 +156,20 @@ function rook_operator_crds_deploy() {
     # replace the CRDs if they already exist otherwise create them
     # replace or create rather than apply to avoid the error "metadata.annotations: Too long"
     if ! kubectl replace -f "$dst/crds.yaml" 2>/dev/null ; then
+
+        if kubectl get ns rook-ceph >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+            # Rook 1.12 introduced a new CRD "cephcosidrivers.ceph.rook.io" which will cause
+            # `kubectl create` to fail on upgrades. The following logic will extract the new CRD yaml and create it.
+            semverParse "$ROOK_VERSION"
+            local rook_major_version="$major"
+            local rook_minor_version="$minor"
+            if [ "$rook_major_version" = "1" ] && [ "$rook_minor_version" -ge "12" ]; then
+                get_yaml_from_multidoc_yaml "$dst/crds.yaml" "cephcosidrivers.ceph.rook.io" | kubectl create -f -
+            fi
+
+            return
+        fi
+
         kubectl create -f "$dst/crds.yaml"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/hack/testdata/manifest/clean b/hack/testdata/manifest/clean
index 686e348e46..77454e8344 100644
--- a/hack/testdata/manifest/clean
+++ b/hack/testdata/manifest/clean
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KURL_BIN_UTILS_FILE=
 # STEP_VERSIONS array is generated by the server and injected at runtime based on supported k8s versions
 STEP_VERSIONS=(0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 1.16.4 1.17.13 1.18.20 1.19.16 1.20.15 1.21.14 1.22.17 1.23.17 1.24.16 1.25.12 1.26.7 1.27.4)
 # ROOK_STEP_VERSIONS array is generated by the server and injected at runtime based on supported rook versions
-ROOK_STEP_VERSIONS=(1.0.4-14.2.21 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 1.4.9 1.5.12 1.6.11 1.7.11 1.8.10 1.9.12 1.10.11 1.11.8)
+ROOK_STEP_VERSIONS=(1.0.4-14.2.21 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 1.4.9 1.5.12 1.6.11 1.7.11 1.8.10 1.9.12 1.10.11 1.11.8 1.12.0)
 # CONTAINERD_STEP_VERSIONS array is generated by the server and injected at runtime based on supported containerd versions
 CONTAINERD_STEP_VERSIONS=(1.2.13 1.3.9 1.4.13 1.5.11 1.6.21)
 INSTALLER_YAML=
diff --git a/scripts/Manifest b/scripts/Manifest
index 686e348e46..77454e8344 100644
--- a/scripts/Manifest
+++ b/scripts/Manifest
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KURL_BIN_UTILS_FILE=
 # STEP_VERSIONS array is generated by the server and injected at runtime based on supported k8s versions
 STEP_VERSIONS=(0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 1.16.4 1.17.13 1.18.20 1.19.16 1.20.15 1.21.14 1.22.17 1.23.17 1.24.16 1.25.12 1.26.7 1.27.4)
 # ROOK_STEP_VERSIONS array is generated by the server and injected at runtime based on supported rook versions
-ROOK_STEP_VERSIONS=(1.0.4-14.2.21 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 1.4.9 1.5.12 1.6.11 1.7.11 1.8.10 1.9.12 1.10.11 1.11.8)
+ROOK_STEP_VERSIONS=(1.0.4-14.2.21 0.0.0 0.0.0 0.0.0 1.4.9 1.5.12 1.6.11 1.7.11 1.8.10 1.9.12 1.10.11 1.11.8 1.12.0)
 # CONTAINERD_STEP_VERSIONS array is generated by the server and injected at runtime based on supported containerd versions
 CONTAINERD_STEP_VERSIONS=(1.2.13 1.3.9 1.4.13 1.5.11 1.6.21)
 INSTALLER_YAML=
diff --git a/scripts/common/yaml.sh b/scripts/common/yaml.sh
index fc7199ab1d..ad4ceb0b4c 100644
--- a/scripts/common/yaml.sh
+++ b/scripts/common/yaml.sh
@@ -242,3 +242,21 @@ function yaml_escape_string_quotes() {
 function yaml_newline_to_literal() {
     sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\n/\\n/g'
 }
+
+# get_yaml_from_multidoc_yaml reads a single file multi-doc yaml and finds a particular embedded yaml doc
+# based on the `name:` field and outputs the doc to stdout.
+function get_yaml_from_multidoc_yaml() {
+    local multidoc_yaml="$1"
+    local resource_name="$2"
+
+    # use awk to split the multidoc file using `---`separator
+    awk -v RS='---\n' -v ORS='---\n' -v RESOURCE_NAME="$resource_name" '
+        $0 ~ ("name: " RESOURCE_NAME) {
+            found = 1
+            print $0
+        }
+        END {
+            exit !found
+        }
+    ' "$multidoc_yaml"
+}