diff --git a/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml b/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml
index 5e9c4f7e8385..bcfe2880e89d 100644
--- a/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml
+++ b/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
-        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:a379334
+        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:e401a93
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: forwarder-vpp
           securityContext:
diff --git a/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml b/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml
index 57e76f4873ac..a70dd922ea20 100644
--- a/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml
+++ b/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
-        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:a379334
+        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:e401a93
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: my-forwarder-vpp
           securityContext: