diff --git a/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/backend-release-state.tsv b/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/backend-release-state.tsv
index 3626478..3e22d78 100644
--- a/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/backend-release-state.tsv
+++ b/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/backend-release-state.tsv
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs	sha256:79453ca3da8dd7e805e23f30b347b4e6d9f6a13af268bc0e7c971d655b8d3fdf	1
 job-seekers	sha256:2666f578c022d231b0b98d87627ea707bbbec1fec5689f00832d305efc442ddf	1
 customers	sha256:32a37472232ee219bd1b7abf9b5626eb812a89f38079737acd74519028b9e164	1
 payments	sha256:deb7e8829947965a73756b04c2a79f3f0b21c1e429df04b3e219c792830730c9	1
-employees	sha256:7bdbc37cdcf97e3e1ddfe596370c8a8f3faf77cc7f1ef5f7ba437c87035a6f4e	1
+employees	sha256:391a3d3091ec0323882b0e27776609701dd27304449dc0c7821cbc6a8b48b0ca	1
 photographers	sha256:4ab2cc5e91e5d287976637231dc8fb1c57e0eb768f0bd26b67a1902912129e77	1
 makeup-artists	sha256:ff35aaa681dace5982b78071562a61a5cdf9d84e0e449ff4e1d63657f7297b44	1
 tutors	sha256:6059afb2c724062d65dc80c8944866d55f02fe6b586afa1d667c5914b0f8437a	1
diff --git a/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/release-patches.yaml b/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/release-patches.yaml
index cf7bdf1..2e7fb0c 100644
--- a/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/release-patches.yaml
+++ b/apps/nxtgauge-backend-rust/overlays/prod/release-patches.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: employees
-          image: ci.nxtgauge.com/ashwin/nxtgauge-rust-employees@sha256:7bdbc37cdcf97e3e1ddfe596370c8a8f3faf77cc7f1ef5f7ba437c87035a6f4e
+          image: ci.nxtgauge.com/ashwin/nxtgauge-rust-employees@sha256:391a3d3091ec0323882b0e27776609701dd27304449dc0c7821cbc6a8b48b0ca
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment