Adop Prepare With Error ORA-20001: Error: While Calling Ad_zd.cleanup(normal).ORA-20007

On EBS 12.2 when applying a patch using adop.sh in the prepare phase it fails with the error:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20001: Error: while calling ad_zd.cleanup(normal).ORA-20007: Ancestors of
Current RUN Edition are not retired
ORA-06512: at line 7
The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Apply patch using adop.sh.
CAUSE
The following data from customer environment shows V_20120409_0455 not retired. The other edition, ORA$BASE is correctly retired.
select apps.ad_zd.get_edition('OLD') "OLD",
  apps.ad_zd.get_edition('RUN') "RUN",
  apps.ad_zd.get_edition('PATCH') "PATCH"
from dual;
EDITION_NAME PARENT_EDITION_NAME USA
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---
ORA$BASE YES
V_20120409_0455 ORA$BASE YES
V_20120521_0936 V_20120409_0455 YES
column CURRENT_EDITION format a30
column EDITION_TYPE format a15
select apps.ad_zd.get_edition "CURRENT_EDITION",
  apps.ad_zd.get_edition_type "EDITION_TYPE"
from dual;
OLD RUN PATCH
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
V_20120409_0455 V_20120521_0936
Previous patch application did not get retired.
SOLUTION
1. Please run the following command to retire the edition:
SQL> exec sys.ad_zd_sys.retire_old_editions;
After this the following sql should not return any row for V_20120409_0455:
 select *
 from dba_tab_privs
 where table_name in (select edition_name from dba_editions);
2. Once the V_20120409_0455 is retired successfully, one will be able to do the cleanup and proceed further with the adop cycles.