diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d2270e57552dcf5aa786cd54bea257ff2251d197..690e24989a48660ffbfa5039e75eb72462315ca6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ deploy:
           --set dbname=${DBNAME}
           --set volumes.files=${FILES_PATH};
       else
-        helm upgrade ${RELEASE_NAME} . --namespace=${STAGING_NAMESPACE};
+        helm upgrade ${RELEASE_NAME} . --namespace=${STAGING_NAMESPACE} --recreate-pods;
       fi
   except:
     - /^dev-.*$/
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml
index adf19fe8917e5155829da99727d7f6dfe7a69ebe..ad7c74d05643089241a1699f46eaf5d9f7cac042 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ metadata:
     helm.sh/chart: {{ include "nomad.chart" . }}
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-    date: "{{ .Release.Time.Seconds }}"
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.api.replicas }}
   selector:
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/gui-deployment.yml b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/gui-deployment.yml
index b50d7adadba2a225942f5bb55a87a3b27c3f0d50..6aba8995e606665f52ae401fd33bcf2437b6c5cd 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/gui-deployment.yml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/gui-deployment.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ metadata:
     helm.sh/chart: {{ include "nomad.chart" . }}
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-    date: "{{ .Release.Time.Seconds }}"
 data:
   nginx.conf: |
     server {
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
index b20cf94a6d057ea4a34641f6e23c28fa0b20140c..92dd0546badb5ed157ca49b03d4ad972eb580e91 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ metadata:
     helm.sh/chart: {{ include "nomad.chart" . }}
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-    date: "{{ .Release.Time.Seconds }}"
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.worker.replicas }}
   selector: