diff --git a/ocs_ci/deployment/deployment.py b/ocs_ci/deployment/deployment.py
index 192939b51fb..9c4943b7c27 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/deployment/deployment.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/deployment/deployment.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     load_auth_config,
     TimeoutSampler,
     get_latest_acm_tag_unreleased,
+    get_oadp_version,
 )
 from ocs_ci.utility.vsphere_nodes import update_ntp_compute_nodes
 from ocs_ci.helpers import helpers
@@ -2832,9 +2833,16 @@ def validate_dpa(self):
         3. backupstoragelocation resource in "Available" phase
 
         """
-        # Check restic pods
+        # Check restic pods.
+        # Restic pods have been renamed to node-agent after oadp 1.2
+        oadp_version = get_oadp_version()
+
+        if version.compare_versions(f"{oadp_version} >= 1.2"):
+            restic_pod_prefix = "node-agent"
+        else:
+            restic_pod_prefix = "restic"
         restic_list = get_pods_having_label(
-            "name=restic", constants.ACM_HUB_BACKUP_NAMESPACE
+            f"name={restic_pod_prefix}", constants.ACM_HUB_BACKUP_NAMESPACE
         )
         if len(restic_list) != constants.MDR_RESTIC_POD_COUNT:
             raise MDRDeploymentException("restic pod count mismatch")
diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py b/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
index 5570651f662..02c72a3d1e8 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
@@ -4507,3 +4507,20 @@ def add_time_report_to_email(session, soup):
     table = BeautifulSoup(table_html, "html.parser")
     time_div.append(table)
     summary_tag.insert_after(time_div)
+
+
+def get_oadp_version():
+    """
+    Returns:
+        str: returns version string
+    """
+    # Importing here to avoid circular dependency
+    from ocs_ci.ocs.resources.csv import get_csvs_start_with_prefix
+
+    csv_list = get_csvs_start_with_prefix(
+        "oadp-operator", namespace=constants.ACM_HUB_BACKUP_NAMESPACE
+    )
+    for csv in csv_list:
+        if "oadp-operator" in csv["metadata"]["name"]:
+            # extract version string
+            return csv["spec"]["version"]