diff --git a/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml b/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
index 2f1dbd264..6c66961f9 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: cassandra-backend
       annotations:
-        cassandra.bstein.dev/redeploy: "2026-08-01-0.8.105-prior-toggle"
+        cassandra.bstein.dev/redeploy: "2026-08-01-0.8.106-generator-lane-contracts"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-init-first: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-pre-populate-only: "true"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ spec:
               protocol: TCP
           env:
             - name: CASSANDRA_SIM_IMAGE
-              value: registry.bstein.dev/cassandra/cassandra-sim-worker:0.8.105 # {"$imagepolicy": "cassandra:cassandra-sim-worker"}
+              value: registry.bstein.dev/cassandra/cassandra-sim-worker:0.8.106 # {"$imagepolicy": "cassandra:cassandra-sim-worker"}
             - name: CASSANDRA_GENERATOR_WORKER_IMAGE
               value: registry.bstein.dev/cassandra/cassandra-generator-worker:0.8.106 # {"$imagepolicy": "cassandra:cassandra-generator-worker"}
           envFrom:
diff --git a/services/cassandra/configmap.yaml b/services/cassandra/configmap.yaml
index e09947403..342632ca7 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/configmap.yaml
+++ b/services/cassandra/configmap.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ data:
   CASSANDRA_OIDC_ADMIN_GROUPS: admin
   CASSANDRA_NAMESPACE: cassandra
   CASSANDRA_OWNER_USER_ID_ALIASES: veles-dev=d357688e-e3e4-4f18-9491-a4ed5622deb6;a21a286c-6c82-4180-9243-7c916442ecf0=d357688e-e3e4-4f18-9491-a4ed5622deb6
-  CASSANDRA_SIM_IMAGE: registry.bstein.dev/cassandra/cassandra-sim-worker:0.8.105 # {"$imagepolicy": "cassandra:cassandra-sim-worker"}
+  CASSANDRA_SIM_IMAGE: registry.bstein.dev/cassandra/cassandra-sim-worker:0.8.106 # {"$imagepolicy": "cassandra:cassandra-sim-worker"}
   CASSANDRA_GENERATOR_WORKER_IMAGE: registry.bstein.dev/cassandra/cassandra-generator-worker:0.8.106 # {"$imagepolicy": "cassandra:cassandra-generator-worker"}
-  CASSANDRA_SIM_WORKER_VERSION: "0.8.105"
-  CASSANDRA_GENERATOR_WORKER_VERSION: "0.8.105"
+  CASSANDRA_SIM_WORKER_VERSION: "0.8.106"
+  CASSANDRA_GENERATOR_WORKER_VERSION: "0.8.106"
   CASSANDRA_STRATEGY_SPEC_HINT_INTERPRETATION_TIMEOUT: "420"
   CASSANDRA_SIM_SERVICE_ACCOUNT: cassandra-sim
   CASSANDRA_GENERATOR_WORKER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT: cassandra-generator