diff --git a/k8s/mongodb-backup-agent/mongo-backup-dep.yaml b/k8s/mongodb-backup-agent/mongo-backup-dep.yaml
index 57c8ace5..1757a442 100644
--- a/k8s/mongodb-backup-agent/mongo-backup-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/mongodb-backup-agent/mongo-backup-dep.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: mdb-backup
         image: bigchaindb/mongodb-backup-agent:3.1
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: MMS_API_KEYFILE_PATH
           value: /etc/mongod/cloud/agent-api-key
diff --git a/k8s/mongodb-monitoring-agent/mongo-mon-dep.yaml b/k8s/mongodb-monitoring-agent/mongo-mon-dep.yaml
index 4ddb233d..cf377cd1 100644
--- a/k8s/mongodb-monitoring-agent/mongo-mon-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/mongodb-monitoring-agent/mongo-mon-dep.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: mdb-mon
         image: bigchaindb/mongodb-monitoring-agent:3.0
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: MMS_API_KEYFILE_PATH
           value: /etc/mongod/cloud/agent-api-key
diff --git a/k8s/mongodb/mongo-ss.yaml b/k8s/mongodb/mongo-ss.yaml
index e7edf8aa..8bbc564c 100644
--- a/k8s/mongodb/mongo-ss.yaml
+++ b/k8s/mongodb/mongo-ss.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: mongodb
         image: bigchaindb/mongodb:3.0
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: MONGODB_FQDN
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/k8s/nginx-http/nginx-http-dep.yaml b/k8s/nginx-http/nginx-http-dep.yaml
index 807519b8..36a2c4a9 100644
--- a/k8s/nginx-http/nginx-http-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/nginx-http/nginx-http-dep.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: nginx-http
         image: bigchaindb/nginx_http:1.0
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: CLUSTER_FRONTEND_PORT
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/k8s/nginx-https/nginx-https-dep.yaml b/k8s/nginx-https/nginx-https-dep.yaml
index a4bd62ba..1b4e2010 100644
--- a/k8s/nginx-https/nginx-https-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/nginx-https/nginx-https-dep.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: nginx-https
         image: bigchaindb/nginx_https:1.0
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: CLUSTER_FRONTEND_PORT
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/k8s/nginx-openresty/nginx-openresty-dep.yaml b/k8s/nginx-openresty/nginx-openresty-dep.yaml
index 2ad4b393..1b3c6ed4 100644
--- a/k8s/nginx-openresty/nginx-openresty-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/nginx-openresty/nginx-openresty-dep.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: nginx-openresty
         image: bigchaindb/nginx_3scale:2.0
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: DNS_SERVER
           valueFrom: