diff --git a/utils/upgrade b/utils/upgrade
index e4bb3e7..29bf061 100755
--- a/utils/upgrade
+++ b/utils/upgrade
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ CAS_CACHE_KEY = "CAS Cache Kernel Module"
 CAS_DISK_KEY = "CAS Disk Kernel Module"
 CAS_CLI_KEY = "CAS CLI Utility"
 
+CAS_DISK_MIN_VER = 20
+
 OCL_BUILD_ROOT = f"{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/.."
 
 
@@ -58,6 +60,11 @@ class InitUpgrade(UpgradeState):
         except Exception as e:
             return Failure(f"Failed to get current version of CAS {e}")
 
+        # Although there shouldn't be any problem with upgrade from CAS 19.9 to newer, this feature
+        # is not full validated so it is disabled by default.
+        if (int(version[CAS_DISK_KEY].split('.')[0]) < CAS_DISK_MIN_VER):
+            return Failure(f"Minimal cas_disk version required to perform upgrade is 20.01!")
+
         if version[CAS_CLI_KEY] != version[CAS_CACHE_KEY]:
             return Failure("Mismatch between CLI and cas_cache version")
 
diff --git a/utils/upgrade_utils.py b/utils/upgrade_utils.py
index 3fffffb..7e2112e 100644
--- a/utils/upgrade_utils.py
+++ b/utils/upgrade_utils.py
@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ class UpgradeState:
 def insert_module(name, installed=True, **params):
     cmd_params = [f"{param}={val}" for param, val in params.items()]
 
-    cmd = "modprobe --first-time" if installed else "insmod"
+    cmd = ["modprobe", "--first-time"] if installed else ["insmod"]
+    cmd += [name] + cmd_params
 
-    p = subprocess.run([cmd, name] + cmd_params, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    p = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
     if p.returncode:
         raise Exception(p.stderr.decode("ascii").rstrip("\n"))