diff --git a/k8s/deployments/EPFL/prod/config/autograde-service-configuration.env b/k8s/deployments/EPFL/prod/config/autograde-service-configuration.env
index a64239ea299fd95fda93fe62c9bce67608b30038..01a8b7a096e7f745c438c742087de0ef0643b0d1 100644
--- a/k8s/deployments/EPFL/prod/config/autograde-service-configuration.env
+++ b/k8s/deployments/EPFL/prod/config/autograde-service-configuration.env
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ AUTOGRADE_JOB_NAMESPACE=autograde
 AUTOGRADE_JOB_IMAGE_PULL-POLICY=ALWAYS
 AUTOGRADE_JOB_TTL=604800
 AUTOGRADE_MANAGER_IMAGE=autograde/submission-manager:1.2.4
-AUTOGRADE_MANAGER_PULL-POLICY=IFNOTPRESENT
+AUTOGRADE_MANAGER_PULL-POLICY=ALWAYS
 GRADING_SERVICE_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
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