diff --git a/userbot/k8s/base/panel.yaml b/userbot/k8s/base/panel.yaml
index 0afe69b..8632033 100644
--- a/userbot/k8s/base/panel.yaml
+++ b/userbot/k8s/base/panel.yaml
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ spec:
             - name: USERBOT_LEGACY_NAMESPACES
               value: default
             - name: USERBOT_IMAGE
-              value: gcr.forust.xyz/forust/userbot:latest
+              # The build pushes main/prod only. The deploy resolves every gcr ref in
+              # this file, so a :latest here aborts the whole apply as unresolvable.
+              value: gcr.forust.xyz/forust/userbot:prod
             - name: USERBOT_STORAGE_CLASS
               value: local-path-retain
             - name: USERBOT_DOWNLOADS_HOST_PATH