diff --git a/kafka-merge-pr.py b/kafka-merge-pr.py
index 90fcf22b810cc..d4df50b65f15e 100755
--- a/kafka-merge-pr.py
+++ b/kafka-merge-pr.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 DEV_BRANCH_NAME = "trunk"
 
-DEFAULT_FIX_VERSION = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FIX_VERSION", "1.1.0")
+DEFAULT_FIX_VERSION = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FIX_VERSION", "1.1.2")
 
 def get_json(url):
     try: