diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fbe16d02b283beaa7c415cb341c395ab8627ffe2..a80c96117cfd31499bbe47a13d7d50baf635fc47 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ deploy:
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-deployment.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-persistent-volume.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-pv-claim.yaml
-         - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-service.yaml         
+         - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-service.yaml  
+         - kubectl -n default rollout restart deployment mongo-deployment       
 
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-backend/backend-deployment.yaml