diff --git a/_deploy/scripts/deploy.sh b/_deploy/scripts/deploy.sh
index 3829daa..a0f43cf 100755
--- a/_deploy/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/_deploy/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@ rm "$TEMP_DEPLOYMENT"
 
 echo "✅ Manifests applied"
 echo ""
-echo "⏳ Waiting for rollouts to complete..."
+
+# Force restart deployments to pull latest images
+echo "🔄 Restarting deployments to pull new images..."
+DEPLOYMENTS=("telegram-listener" "text-matcher" "users" "telegram-client")
+for deployment in "${DEPLOYMENTS[@]}"; do
+    kubectl rollout restart deployment/"$deployment" -n "$NAMESPACE"
+    echo "  ↻ Restarted $deployment"
+done
 echo ""
 
-# Wait for each deployment to roll out
-DEPLOYMENTS=("telegram-listener" "text-matcher" "users" "telegram-client")
+echo "⏳ Waiting for rollouts to complete..."
+echo ""
 TIMEOUT="300s"
 
 for deployment in "${DEPLOYMENTS[@]}"; do