diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
index a5995fa174c458568fe0b5a08d2e4c805bbf5e64..a9f96002dbced05ca6c3c610da1c9d736aa642e5 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: cms
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
           env:
           - name: SERVICE_VARIANT
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: cms-worker
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
           args: ["./manage.py", "cms", "celery", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--hostname=edx.cms.core.default.%%h", "--maxtasksperchild", "100"]
           env:
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: lms
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8000
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: lms-worker
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
           args: ["./manage.py", "lms", "celery", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--hostname=edx.lms.core.default.%%h", "--maxtasksperchild", "100"]
           env:
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: elasticsearch
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_ELASTICSEARCH }}
           env:
             - name: ES_JAVA_OPTS
@@ -257,6 +262,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: memcached
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_MEMCACHED }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 11211
@@ -282,6 +288,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: mongodb
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_MONGODB }}
           args: ["mongod", "--smallfiles", "--nojournal", "--storageEngine", "wiredTiger"]
           ports:
@@ -316,6 +323,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: mysql
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_MYSQL }}
           args: ["mysqld", "--character-set-server=utf8", "--collation-server=utf8_general_ci"]
           env:
@@ -359,6 +367,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: smtp
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_SMTP }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 25
@@ -395,6 +404,7 @@ spec:
         {{ patch("k8s-deployments-nginx-init-containers")|indent(8) }}
       containers:
         - name: nginx
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_NGINX }}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/
@@ -444,6 +454,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: rabbitmq
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_RABBITMQ }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5672
diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/jobs.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/jobs.yml
index d5b5768b92023067c6b458172bc8db10810d9137..2cf4d31f132013754dcf749c666da72a38429881 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/k8s/jobs.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/k8s/jobs.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Never
       containers:
       - name: lms
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
         image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
         volumeMounts:
           - mountPath: /openedx/edx-platform/lms/envs/tutor/
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Never
       containers:
       - name: cms
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
         image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
         env:
         - name: SERVICE_VARIANT
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Never
       containers:
       - name: mysql
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
         image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_MYSQL }}
         command: []
 ---
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Never
       containers:
       - name: forum
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
         image: {{ DOCKER_REGISTRY }}{{ DOCKER_IMAGE_FORUM }}
         env:
           - name: SEARCH_SERVER