diff --git a/.github/actions/hps_services/action.yml b/.github/actions/hps_services/action.yml
index f00cc761e..c53ab19da 100644
--- a/.github/actions/hps_services/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/hps_services/action.yml
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ runs:
     - name: Wait for services
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        curl -k --head -X GET --retry 30 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 5 https://localhost:8443/hps/jms/api/v1
-        curl -k --head -X GET --retry 30 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 1 https://localhost:8443/hps/fs/api/v1
-        curl -k --head -X GET --retry 30 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 1 https://localhost:8443/hps/rms/api/v1
+        # retry each service max 20 times
+        wget --retry-connrefused --retry-on-http-error=503,404 --no-check-certificate -t 20 -O- https://localhost:8443/hps/jms/api/v1
+        wget --retry-connrefused --retry-on-http-error=503,404 --no-check-certificate -t 20 -O- https://localhost:8443/hps/fs/api/v1
+        wget --retry-connrefused --retry-on-http-error=503,404 --no-check-certificate -t 20 -O- https://localhost:8443/hps/rms/api/v1
 
     - name: Set outputs
       id: set-outputs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 1550d82ca..c56313c51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ on:
         type: choice
         options:
           - 'v1.0.2'
-          - 'v1.0.3'
+          - 'v1.1.1'
+          - 'v1.2.0'
           - 'latest-dev'
       hps-feature:
         description: HPS feature to test against
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       python-version: ${{ matrix.cfg.python-version }}   
       toxenv: ${{ matrix.cfg.toxenv }}
       runner: ${{ matrix.os }}
-      hps-version: ${{ inputs.hps-version || 'latest-dev' }}
+      hps-version: ${{ inputs.hps-version || 'v1.2.0' }}
       hps-feature: ${{ inputs.hps-feature || 'main' }}
 
   docs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index f849da117..d788dd443 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ on:
         type: choice
         options:
           - 'v1.0.2'
-          - 'v1.0.3'
+          - 'v1.1.1'
+          - 'v1.2.0'
           - 'latest-dev'
 
   schedule:
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       python-version: ${{ matrix.cfg.python-version }}   
       toxenv: ${{ matrix.cfg.toxenv }}
       runner: ${{ matrix.os }}
-      hps-version: ${{ inputs.hps-version || 'latest-dev' }}
+      hps-version: ${{ inputs.hps-version || 'v1.2.0' }}
       
   smoke-tests:
     name: Build and Smoke tests
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 33b63e601..df9e924ea 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ coverage:
   status:
     project:
       default:
-        target: 90%
+        target: 85%
     patch: off