diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index ef902fdbb..bd1b66fc8 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Update(oldSpec, newSpec *acidv1.Postgresql) error {
 	}
 
 	if err := c.majorVersionUpgrade(); err != nil {
-
+		c.logger.Errorf("major version upgrade failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/majorversionupgrade.go b/pkg/cluster/majorversionupgrade.go
index c1c49678e..3f6f37159 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/majorversionupgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/majorversionupgrade.go
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) majorVersionUpgrade() error {
 		if c.currentMajorVersion < desiredVersion {
 			podName := &spec.NamespacedName{Namespace: masterPod.Namespace, Name: masterPod.Name}
 			c.logger.Infof("triggering major version upgrade on pod %s", masterPod.Name)
-			c.ExecCommand(podName, fmt.Sprintf("python3 /scripts/inplace_upgrade.py %d", numberOfPods))
+			_, err := c.ExecCommand(podName, fmt.Sprintf("python3 /scripts/inplace_upgrade.py %d | tee last_upgrade.log", numberOfPods))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/sync.go b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
index 0144857b9..0d1ba6f62 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) Sync(newSpec *acidv1.Postgresql) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not sync connection pooler: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if err := c.majorVersionUpgrade(); err != nil {
+		c.logger.Errorf("major version upgrade failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	return err
 }