diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-2-upgrades.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-2-upgrades.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b88cf4e78f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-2-upgrades.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+periodics:
+
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-18-1-19-release-1-2
+  interval: 24h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+          value: "stable-1.18"
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "stable-1.19"
+        - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "3.4.13-0"
+        - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "1.7.0"
+        - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+          value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2-1-18-1-19
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-19-1-20-release-1-2
+  interval: 24h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+          value: "stable-1.19"
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "stable-1.20"
+        - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "3.4.13-0"
+        - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "1.7.0"
+        - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+          value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2-1-19-1-20
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-20-1-21-release-1-2
+  interval: 24h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+          value: "stable-1.20"
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "stable-1.21"
+        - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "3.4.13-0"
+        - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "v1.8.0"
+        - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+          value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2-1-20-1-21
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-21-1-22-release-1-2
+  interval: 24h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+          value: "stable-1.21"
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "stable-1.22"
+        - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "3.5.3-0"
+        - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "v1.8.4"
+        - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+          value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2-1-21-1-22
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-22-1-23-release-1-2
+  interval: 24h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+          value: "stable-1.22"
+        - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "stable-1.23"
+        - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "3.5.3-0"
+        - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+          value: "v1.8.6"
+        - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+          value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2-1-22-1-23
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-23-1-24-release-1-2
+  interval: 24h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+      - runner.sh
+      - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+      - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+        value: "stable-1.23"
+      - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+        value: "stable-1.24"
+      - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+        value: "3.5.3-0"
+      - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+        value: "v1.8.6"
+      - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+        value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2-1-23-1-24
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-24-latest-release-1-2
+  interval: 24h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+    - org: kubernetes-sigs
+      repo: cluster-api
+      base_ref: release-1.2
+      path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    - org: kubernetes
+      repo: kubernetes
+      base_ref: master
+      path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+          - runner.sh
+          - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+          - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+            value: "stable-1.24"
+          - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+            value: "ci/latest-1.25"
+          - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+            value: "3.5.3-0"
+          - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+            value: "v1.9.3"
+          - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+            value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2-1-24-latest
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-2.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..318bd69f1fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+periodics:
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-test-release-1-2
+  interval: 4h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-service-account: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      command:
+      - "./scripts/ci-test.sh"
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-test-release-1-2
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-test-mink8s-release-1-2
+  interval: 4h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-service-account: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      command:
+      - "./scripts/ci-test.sh"
+      env:
+      # This value determines the minimum Kubernetes
+      # supported version for Cluster API management cluster.
+      #
+      # To check the available envtest in Kubebuilder, please
+      # refer to https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/tree/tools-releases.
+      - name: KUBEBUILDER_ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION
+        value: "1.20.2"
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-test-mink8s-release-1-2
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-upgrade-v0-3-to-release-1-2
+  interval: 4h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+          - runner.sh
+          - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+          - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+            value: "\\[clusterctl-Upgrade\\]"
+          - name: INIT_WITH_BINARY
+            value: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v0.3.25/clusterctl-{OS}-{ARCH}
+          - name: INIT_WITH_PROVIDERS_CONTRACT
+            value: v1alpha3
+          - name: INIT_WITH_KUBERNETES_VERSION
+            value: v1.21.12
+          # CAPI does not work with v1.21 if ClusterClass is enabled, so we have to disable it.
+          - name: CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY
+            value: "false"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-upgrade-v0-3-to-release-1-2
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-upgrade-v1-1-to-release-1-2
+  interval: 4h
+  decorate: true
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+      - runner.sh
+      - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+      - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+        value: "\\[clusterctl-Upgrade\\]"
+      - name: INIT_WITH_BINARY
+        value: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.1.0/clusterctl-{OS}-{ARCH}
+      - name: INIT_WITH_PROVIDERS_CONTRACT
+        value: v1beta1
+      - name: INIT_WITH_KUBERNETES_VERSION
+        value: v1.24.0
+
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-upgrade-v1-1-to-release-1-2
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-release-1-2
+  interval: 4h
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    gcs_credentials_secret: "" # Use workload identity for uploading artifacts
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    serviceAccountName: prowjob-default-sa
+    containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+          - runner.sh
+          - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+          - name: GINKGO_SKIP
+            value: "\\[Conformance\\] \\[K8s-Upgrade\\]|\\[IPv6\\]"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-release-1-2
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
+- name: periodic-cluster-api-e2e-mink8s-release-1-2
+  interval: 4h
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    gcs_credentials_secret: "" # Use workload identity for uploading artifacts
+  labels:
+    preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+  extra_refs:
+  - org: kubernetes-sigs
+    repo: cluster-api
+    base_ref: release-1.2
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+  - org: kubernetes
+    repo: kubernetes
+    base_ref: master
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+  spec:
+    serviceAccountName: prowjob-default-sa
+    containers:
+    - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+      args:
+      - runner.sh
+      - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+      env:
+      - name: GINKGO_SKIP
+        value: "\\[Conformance\\] \\[K8s-Upgrade\\]|\\[IPv6\\]|\\[ClusterClass\\]"
+      # This value determines the minimum Kubernetes
+      # supported version for Cluster API management cluster.
+      - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_MANAGEMENT
+        value: "stable-1.20"
+      # CAPI does not work with v1.20 if ClusterClass is enabled, so we have to disable it.
+      - name: CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY
+        value: "false"
+      # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 7300m
+  annotations:
+    testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+    testgrid-tab-name: capi-e2e-mink8s-release-1-2
+    testgrid-alert-email: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-alerts@kubernetes.io
+    testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: "4"
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-presubmits-release-1-2.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-presubmits-release-1-2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..367f35e96a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-presubmits-release-1-2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+presubmits:
+  kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api:
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-build-release-1-2
+    decorate: true
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    always_run: true
+    labels:
+      preset-service-account: "true"
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        command:
+        - runner.sh
+        - ./scripts/ci-build.sh
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-build-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-apidiff-release-1-2
+    decorate: true
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    always_run: true
+    optional: true
+    labels:
+      preset-service-account: "true"
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - command:
+        - runner.sh
+        - ./scripts/ci-apidiff.sh
+        image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-apidiff-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-verify-release-1-2
+    decorate: true
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    always_run: true
+    labels:
+      preset-service-account: "true"
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        command:
+        - "runner.sh"
+        - ./scripts/ci-verify.sh
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-verify-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-test-release-1-2
+    decorate: true
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    always_run: true
+    labels:
+      preset-service-account: "true"
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - ./scripts/ci-test.sh
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-test-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-test-mink8s-release-1-2
+    decorate: true
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    always_run: true
+    labels:
+      preset-service-account: "true"
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - ./scripts/ci-test.sh
+        env:
+        # This value determines the minimum Kubernetes
+        # supported version for Cluster API management cluster.
+        #
+        # To check the available envtest in Kubebuilder, please
+        # refer to https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/tree/tools-releases.
+        - name: KUBEBUILDER_ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION
+          value: "1.20.2"
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-test-mink8s-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-e2e-release-1-2
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    decorate: true
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    run_if_changed: '^((api|bootstrap|cmd|config|controllers|controlplane|errors|exp|feature|hack|internal|scripts|test|third_party|util|webhooks|version)/|main\.go|go\.mod|go\.sum|Dockerfile|Makefile)'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+          - runner.sh
+          - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+          - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+            value: "\\[PR-Blocking\\]"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-e2e-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-e2e-informing-release-1-2
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    decorate: true
+    optional: true
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    run_if_changed: '^((api|bootstrap|cmd|config|controllers|controlplane|errors|exp|feature|hack|internal|scripts|test|third_party|util|webhooks|version)/|main\.go|go\.mod|go\.sum|Dockerfile|Makefile)'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+        - runner.sh
+        - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+        - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+          value: "\\[PR-Informing\\]"
+        - name: GINKGO_SKIP
+          value: "\\[IPv6\\]"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-e2e-informing-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-e2e-informing-ipv6-release-1-2
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    decorate: true
+    optional: true
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    run_if_changed: '^((api|bootstrap|cmd|config|controllers|controlplane|errors|exp|feature|hack|internal|scripts|test|third_party|util|webhooks|version)/|main\.go|go\.mod|go\.sum|Dockerfile|Makefile)'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+          - runner.sh
+          - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+          # enable IPV6 in bootstrap image
+          - name: "DOCKER_IN_DOCKER_IPV6_ENABLED"
+            value: "true"
+          - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+            value: "\\[IPv6\\] \\[PR-Informing\\]"
+          - name: IP_FAMILY
+            value: "IPv6"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-e2e-informing-ipv6-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-e2e-full-release-1-2
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    decorate: true
+    optional: true
+    always_run: false
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+          - runner.sh
+          - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+          # Since the PR-Blocking tests are run as part of the cluster-api-test-release-1-2 job
+          # and the upgrade tests are being run as part of the periodic upgrade jobs.
+          # This jobs ends up running all the other tests in the E2E suite
+          - name: GINKGO_SKIP
+            value: "\\[PR-Blocking\\] \\[Conformance\\] \\[K8s-Upgrade\\]|\\[IPv6\\]"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-e2e-full-release-1-2
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-e2e-workload-upgrade-1-24-latest-release-1-2
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    decorate: true
+    optional: true
+    always_run: false
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^release-1.2$
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    extra_refs:
+    - org: kubernetes
+      repo: kubernetes
+      base_ref: master
+      path_alias: k8s.io/kubernetes
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20220614-cde7860a33-1.24
+        args:
+          - runner.sh
+          - "./scripts/ci-e2e.sh"
+        env:
+          - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM
+            value: "stable-1.24"
+          - name: KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+            value: "ci/latest-1.25"
+          - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+            value: "3.5.3-0"
+          - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
+            value: "v1.9.3"
+          - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
+            value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
+        # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-e2e-release-1-2-1-24-latest
diff --git a/config/testgrids/kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle/config.yaml b/config/testgrids/kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle/config.yaml
index f54d9500fa3f..9b2e5a4207ac 100644
--- a/config/testgrids/kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle/config.yaml
+++ b/config/testgrids/kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle/config.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dashboard_groups:
     - sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-0.4
     - sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.0
     - sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.1
+    - sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
     - sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-provider-aws
     - sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-provider-azure
     - sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-provider-digitalocean
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ dashboards:
 - name: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-0.4
 - name: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.0
 - name: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.1
+- name: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-1.2
 - name: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-provider-aws
   dashboard_tab:
     - name: periodic-test-coverage-main