diff --git a/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller.go b/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller.go
index 2547e8cee..7822e3c8e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller.go
@@ -242,9 +242,11 @@ func (r *ReconcilePravegaCluster) reconcileControllerConfigMap(p *pravegav1beta1
 				return err
 			}
 			//restarting controller pods
-			err = r.restartDeploymentPod(p)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			if !r.checkVersionUpgradeTriggered(p) {
+				err = r.restartDeploymentPod(p)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -274,15 +276,26 @@ func (r *ReconcilePravegaCluster) reconcileSegmentStoreConfigMap(p *pravegav1bet
 				return err
 			}
 			//restarting sts pods
-			err = r.restartStsPod(p)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			if !r.checkVersionUpgradeTriggered(p) {
+				err = r.restartStsPod(p)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *ReconcilePravegaCluster) checkVersionUpgradeTriggered(p *pravegav1beta1.PravegaCluster) bool {
+	currentPravegaCluster := &pravegav1beta1.PravegaCluster{}
+	err := r.client.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: p.Name, Namespace: p.Namespace}, currentPravegaCluster)
+	if err == nil && currentPravegaCluster.Status.CurrentVersion != p.Spec.Version {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (r *ReconcilePravegaCluster) reconcilePdb(p *pravegav1beta1.PravegaCluster) (err error) {
 
 	err = r.reconcileControllerPdb(p)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller_test.go
index c8eb62d82..841439ff2 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/pravegacluster/pravegacluster_controller_test.go
@@ -393,6 +393,28 @@ var _ = Describe("PravegaCluster Controller", func() {
 					})
 				})
 
+				Context("checking checkVersionUpgradeTriggered function", func() {
+					var (
+						ans1, ans2 bool
+					)
+					BeforeEach(func() {
+						client = fake.NewFakeClient(p)
+						r = &ReconcilePravegaCluster{client: client, scheme: s}
+						res, err = r.Reconcile(req)
+
+						ans1 = r.checkVersionUpgradeTriggered(p)
+						p.Spec.Version = "0.8.0"
+						ans2 = r.checkVersionUpgradeTriggered(p)
+					})
+					It("ans1 should be false", func() {
+						Ω(ans1).To(Equal(false))
+					})
+					It("ans2 should be true", func() {
+						Ω(ans2).To(Equal(true))
+					})
+
+				})
+
 				Context("reconcileFinalizers", func() {
 					BeforeEach(func() {
 						p.WithDefaults()