diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d8e27c1c58605f2956507077e5f50bdc555ac81f..34a426459d09bfc42fe78bb959a13842d07e862f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ FROM gitlab-registry.cern.ch/paas-tools/openshift-client
 
 LABEL maintainer="Drupal Admins <drupal-admins@cern.ch>"
 
-ARG restic_version=0.12.0
+# https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/copart/restic/ repo only supporting a fixed version of restic. Hence bumping up restic version from 0.12.0 to 0.12.1
+# TODO: Download the binary for restic install, instead of using copart/restic repo
+ARG restic_version=0.12.1
 
 RUN yum install epel-release -y && \
     # install restic
diff --git a/velero-restic-restore/restore_pvs.sh b/velero-restic-restore/restore_pvs.sh
index 27aaf7b5b9360f0cacbae893936537e6233a55f5..ac471fc5b4bc1d41229a431258a81a64ffc1efe4 100755
--- a/velero-restic-restore/restore_pvs.sh
+++ b/velero-restic-restore/restore_pvs.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ chmod 777 /restore
 
 restic -p /tmp/repository-password -r "$RESTIC_REPO" restore "$RESTIC_SNAPSHOT_ID" --target /restore
 
-# Fetch the pod name from the drupalSite env var
-POD_NAME=`oc get pods -l app=drupal,drupalSite="$DRUPALSITE" -o name -n "$NAMESPACE" | sed "s/pod\///g" | head -n 1`
+# Fetch the most recent pod name from the drupalSite env var
+sleep 60s
+POD_NAME=`oc get pod -l app=drupal,drupalSite="$DRUPALSITE" -n "$NAMESPACE" --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp --field-selector=status.phase==Running -o jsonpath="{.items[-1:].metadata.name}"`
 validateVar "$POD_NAME" "POD_NAME"
 
 oc rsync /restore/ "$POD_NAME":/drupal-data  --delete -n "$NAMESPACE" -c php-fpm