diff --git a/pkg/apis/pxc/v1/pxc_types.go b/pkg/apis/pxc/v1/pxc_types.go
index 94dff7a6e..0bb264479 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pxc/v1/pxc_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pxc/v1/pxc_types.go
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ func (cr *PerconaXtraDBCluster) CheckNSetDefaults(serverVersion *version.ServerV
 			c.ProxySQL.ImagePullPolicy = corev1.PullAlways
 		}
 
-		if cr.CompareVersionWith("1.12.0") >= 0 && len(c.ProxySQL.PXCHandler) == 0 {
+		if cr.CompareVersionWith("1.13.0") >= 0 && len(c.ProxySQL.PXCHandler) == 0 {
 			c.ProxySQL.PXCHandler = "internal"
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/pxc/app/statefulset/proxysql.go b/pkg/pxc/app/statefulset/proxysql.go
index c3683f7e5..d8094fe5c 100644
--- a/pkg/pxc/app/statefulset/proxysql.go
+++ b/pkg/pxc/app/statefulset/proxysql.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (c *Proxy) AppContainer(spec *api.PodSpec, secrets string, cr *api.PerconaX
 		}
 	}
 
-	if cr.CompareVersionWith("1.12.0") >= 0 {
+	if cr.CompareVersionWith("1.13.0") >= 0 {
 		appc.Env = append(appc.Env, corev1.EnvVar{
 			Name:  "PXC_HANDLER",
 			Value: cr.Spec.ProxySQL.PXCHandler,
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (c *Proxy) SidecarContainers(spec *api.PodSpec, secrets string, cr *api.Per
 		},
 	}
 
-	if cr.CompareVersionWith("1.12.0") >= 0 {
+	if cr.CompareVersionWith("1.13.0") >= 0 {
 		pxcMonit.Env = append(pxcMonit.Env, corev1.EnvVar{
 			Name:  "PXC_HANDLER",
 			Value: cr.Spec.ProxySQL.PXCHandler,