diff --git a/tekton/src/tasks/fvt/mas-fvt-start-update.yml.j2 b/tekton/src/tasks/fvt/mas-fvt-start-update.yml.j2
index ffd223e3dcc..3611ed3e5ee 100644
--- a/tekton/src/tasks/fvt/mas-fvt-start-update.yml.j2
+++ b/tekton/src/tasks/fvt/mas-fvt-start-update.yml.j2
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ spec:
     - name: start-update
       script: |
         #!/usr/bin/env bash
-        mas update --catalog $MAS_CATALOG_VERSION_UPDATE $CLI_UPDATE_EXTRA_FLAGS --no-confirm
-        RESULT=$1
+        if [[ -n "$DB2_LICENSE" && "$CLI_UPDATE_EXTRA_FLAGS" == *"--db2-v12-upgrade"* ]]; then
+          echo "$DB2_LICENSE" | base64 -d > "$(pwd)/db2_license.lic"
+          mas update --catalog "$MAS_CATALOG_VERSION_UPDATE" $CLI_UPDATE_EXTRA_FLAGS --db2-license-file "$(pwd)/db2_license.lic" --no-confirm
+        else
+          mas update --catalog "$MAS_CATALOG_VERSION_UPDATE" $CLI_UPDATE_EXTRA_FLAGS --no-confirm
+        fi
+        RESULT=$?
         echo 'MAS LOG'
         echo '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
         cat mas.log
@@ -35,3 +40,9 @@ spec:
               name: mas-fvt-update
               key: CLI_UPDATE_EXTRA_FLAGS
               optional: true
+        - name: DB2_LICENSE
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: mas-fvt-update
+              key: DB2_LICENSE
+              optional: true