diff --git a/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml b/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml
index c5977d90cefc..8ceee57e6347 100644
--- a/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml
+++ b/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
-        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:90a6180
+        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:2f96877
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: forwarder-vpp
           securityContext:
diff --git a/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml b/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml
index 128238478589..a4391912bf34 100644
--- a/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml
+++ b/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
-        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:90a6180
+        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:2f96877
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: my-forwarder-vpp
           securityContext: