diff --git a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
index 3ab7165..00e5b45 100644
--- a/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/odoo-deployment.yaml
@@ -34,11 +34,20 @@ spec:
       # which is the shared volume the Odoo container reads from.
       # Init containers run in order, but each writes to its own
       # subdir, so order doesn't matter.
+      #
+      # `imagePullPolicy: Always` is intentional: addon images can be
+      # rebuilt under the same {code}:{version} tag (e.g. when Tower's
+      # build pipeline changes — adding pip-install layer for python
+      # external_dependencies). With IfNotPresent, kubelet would
+      # reuse the cached old digest and the pod would never see the
+      # new content. Always forces a manifest fetch on each pod
+      # start; layers themselves are still cached so the pull is
+      # cheap (~50 ms when content is unchanged, fresh otherwise).
       initContainers:
         {{- range $i, $a := .Values.addons }}
         - name: addon-{{ $a.code | replace "_" "-" | lower }}
           image: {{ $a.image }}:{{ $a.version }}
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           volumeMounts:
             - name: addons
               mountPath: /target