diff --git a/apps/forwarder-ovs/forwarder.yaml b/apps/forwarder-ovs/forwarder.yaml
index d3e7cb903efd..038ea1947945 100644
--- a/apps/forwarder-ovs/forwarder.yaml
+++ b/apps/forwarder-ovs/forwarder.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       hostPID: true
       hostNetwork: true
       containers:
-        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/ci/cmd-forwarder-ovs:9ea5fd1
+        - image: ghcr.io/networkservicemesh/cmd-forwarder-ovs:v1.4.0-rc.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: forwarder-ovs
           securityContext: