diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml
index 9220931..f3a1a29 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ jobs:
           kube get secret nereus-db --namespace nereus >/dev/null
           kube apply -k deploy/observability
           kube apply -k deploy/overlays/prod
-          kube patch rollout.argoproj.io nereus-api --namespace nereus --type merge \
-            --patch "{\"spec\":{\"template\":{\"spec\":{\"containers\":[{\"name\":\"api\",\"image\":\"$API_IMAGE\"}]}}}}"
+          kube patch rollout.argoproj.io nereus-api --namespace nereus --type json \
+            --patch "[{\"op\":\"replace\",\"path\":\"/spec/template/spec/containers/0/image\",\"value\":\"$API_IMAGE\"}]"
           kube set image deployment/nereus-loadgen --namespace nereus \
             "loadgen=$LOADGEN_IMAGE"
           kube set image deployment/nereus-loadgen-preview --namespace nereus \