diff --git a/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml b/apps/forwarder-vpp/forwarder.yaml
index 5b08fad4d287..112d8daaf9f5 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:52054f2
+        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:01b1603
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: forwarder-vpp
           securityContext:
diff --git a/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml b/examples/features/select-forwarder/forwarder.yaml
index 53135f007268..4634aaae8071 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:52054f2
+        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-vpp:01b1603
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: my-forwarder-vpp
           securityContext: