diff --git a/k8s/awoooi-prod/06-deployment-api.yaml b/k8s/awoooi-prod/06-deployment-api.yaml
index d48af7e63..e3ddd1f24 100644
--- a/k8s/awoooi-prod/06-deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/k8s/awoooi-prod/06-deployment-api.yaml
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ spec:
             - name: AWOOOI_BUILD_COMMIT_SHA
               # 2026-06-29 Codex: CD rewrites this to the deployed image tag so
               # production deploy readback does not rely on a stale static snapshot.
-              value: "6cf8429d17c31d7c7875cc32dc44ea1d2d3fc4c6"
+              value: "968bd794d16f53192484a381477aa7c091ed9648"
             - name: AWOOOI_DESIRED_API_IMAGE_TAG
               # 2026-06-30 Codex: CD rewrites this alongside AWOOOI_BUILD_COMMIT_SHA.
               # Production readback compares runtime image truth against this
               # GitOps desired tag instead of doing a slow Gitea raw fetch.
-              value: "6cf8429d17c31d7c7875cc32dc44ea1d2d3fc4c6"
+              value: "968bd794d16f53192484a381477aa7c091ed9648"
             - name: DATABASE_POOL_SIZE
               # 2026-07-01 Codex: production role `awoooi` currently has a low
               # connection limit. Keep API pool conservative until DB role
diff --git a/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-ansible-executor-broker.yaml b/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-ansible-executor-broker.yaml
index c10182633..230680f61 100644
--- a/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-ansible-executor-broker.yaml
+++ b/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-ansible-executor-broker.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ spec:
             - name: DATABASE_NULL_POOL
               value: "true"
             - name: AWOOOI_BUILD_COMMIT_SHA
-              value: "6cf8429d17c31d7c7875cc32dc44ea1d2d3fc4c6"
+              value: "968bd794d16f53192484a381477aa7c091ed9648"
             - name: ENABLE_AWOOOP_ANSIBLE_CANDIDATE_BACKFILL_WORKER
               value: "false"
             - name: ENABLE_AWOOOP_ANSIBLE_CHECK_MODE_WORKER
diff --git a/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-worker.yaml b/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-worker.yaml
index 59043f16c..0ffda7f61 100644
--- a/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-worker.yaml
+++ b/k8s/awoooi-prod/08-deployment-worker.yaml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ spec:
             - name: DATABASE_BOOTSTRAP_DDL_ENABLED
               value: "false"
             - name: AWOOOI_BUILD_COMMIT_SHA
-              value: "6cf8429d17c31d7c7875cc32dc44ea1d2d3fc4c6"
+              value: "968bd794d16f53192484a381477aa7c091ed9648"
             - name: ENABLE_AWOOOP_ANSIBLE_CANDIDATE_BACKFILL_WORKER
               value: "true"
             - name: AWOOOP_ANSIBLE_CANDIDATE_BACKFILL_INTERVAL_SECONDS
diff --git a/k8s/awoooi-prod/kustomization.yaml b/k8s/awoooi-prod/kustomization.yaml
index 87c36e260..b7dce35d6 100644
--- a/k8s/awoooi-prod/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/k8s/awoooi-prod/kustomization.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ resources:
 images:
 - name: 192.168.0.110:5000/library/api:IMAGE_TAG_PLACEHOLDER
   newName: 192.168.0.110:5000/awoooi/api
-  newTag: 6cf8429d17c31d7c7875cc32dc44ea1d2d3fc4c6
+  newTag: 968bd794d16f53192484a381477aa7c091ed9648
 - name: 192.168.0.110:5000/library/web:IMAGE_TAG_PLACEHOLDER
   newName: 192.168.0.110:5000/awoooi/web
-  newTag: 6cf8429d17c31d7c7875cc32dc44ea1d2d3fc4c6
+  newTag: 968bd794d16f53192484a381477aa7c091ed9648