diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-p2pool b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-p2pool
index b22355e..a7c1cb5 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-p2pool
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-p2pool
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.6
-
 ARG DEBIAN_IMAGE=debian:bookworm-slim
-ARG P2POOL_VERSION=4.9
+ARG P2POOL_VERSION=v4.9
 
-################################################################################
-# Stage: fetch — download & extract the right release asset, normalize to /opt/bin/p2pool
-################################################################################
 FROM ${DEBIAN_IMAGE} AS fetch
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG P2POOL_VERSION
@@ -16,6 +12,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
     update-ca-certificates; \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Pick the correct asset URL for our arch from the release metadata
 RUN set -eux; \
     case "${TARGETARCH:-arm64}" in \
       amd64)  ARCH_RE='(x86_64|amd64)';; \
@@ -23,37 +20,28 @@ RUN set -eux; \
       arm)    ARCH_RE='(arm|armv7|armhf)';; \
       *) echo "Unsupported TARGETARCH=${TARGETARCH}"; exit 1;; \
     esac; \
-    API_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tags/v${P2POOL_VERSION}"; \
-    ASSET_URL="$(curl -fsSL -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' "$API_URL" \
-      | jq -r --arg re "$ARCH_RE" \
-        '.assets[] | select((.name|test("linux")) and (.name|test($re))) | .browser_download_url' \
-      | head -n1)"; \
-    test -n "$ASSET_URL"; \
-    echo "Fetching $ASSET_URL"; \
-    curl -fL "$ASSET_URL" -o /tmp/p2pool.pkg; \
-    mkdir -p /tmp/ex && cd /tmp/ex; \
-    case "$ASSET_URL" in \
-      *.tar.xz) tar -xJf /tmp/p2pool.pkg ;; \
-      *.tar.gz) tar -xzf /tmp/p2pool.pkg ;; \
-      *.zip)    unzip -q /tmp/p2pool.pkg ;; \
-      *) echo "Unknown archive format: $ASSET_URL"; exit 1 ;; \
-    esac; \
-    BIN="$(find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'p2pool*' -executable | sort | head -n1)"; \
-    test -n "$BIN"; \
-    install -Dm0755 "$BIN" /opt/bin/p2pool; \
-    /opt/bin/p2pool --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    API="https://api.github.com/repos/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tags/${P2POOL_VERSION}"; \
+    URL="$(curl -fsSL "$API" | jq -r --arg re "$ARCH_RE" \
+            '.assets[] | select((.name|test("linux")) and (.name|test($re))) | .browser_download_url' | head -n1)"; \
+    test -n "$URL"; \
+    echo "Downloading $URL"; \
+    mkdir -p /tmp/p2pool; \
+    curl -fsSL "$URL" -o /tmp/p2pool/p2pool.tar; \
+    # try both common formats
+    ( tar -xOf /tmp/p2pool/p2pool.tar >/dev/null 2>&1 && tar -xf /tmp/p2pool/p2pool.tar -C /tmp/p2pool ) \
+      || ( tar -xzf /tmp/p2pool/p2pool.tar -C /tmp/p2pool || tar -xJf /tmp/p2pool/p2pool.tar -C /tmp/p2pool ); \
+    # find the p2pool binary and install as a stable name
+    P="$(find /tmp/p2pool -maxdepth 2 -type f -name 'p2pool' | head -n1)"; \
+    test -n "$P"; \
+    install -m 0755 "$P" /usr/local/bin/p2pool
 
-################################################################################
-# Stage: runtime
-################################################################################
 FROM ${DEBIAN_IMAGE}
 RUN set -eux; \
     apt-get update; \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates; \
     update-ca-certificates; \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY --from=fetch /opt/bin/p2pool /usr/local/bin/p2pool
+COPY --from=fetch /usr/local/bin/p2pool /usr/local/bin/p2pool
 
 EXPOSE 3333
 ENTRYPOINT ["p2pool"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-wallet-rpc b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-wallet-rpc
index f355937..85db546 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-wallet-rpc
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.monero-wallet-rpc
@@ -1,30 +1,36 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.6
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim
-
+ARG DEBIAN_IMAGE=debian:bookworm-slim
 ARG MONERO_VERSION=v0.18.4.1
+
+FROM ${DEBIAN_IMAGE}
 ARG TARGETARCH
-ARG MONERO_SHA256=""
+ARG MONERO_VERSION
 
 RUN set -eux; \
     apt-get update; \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl bzip2; \
     update-ca-certificates; \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN set -eux; \
     case "${TARGETARCH:-arm64}" in \
-      amd64)  F="monero-linux-x64" ;; \
+      amd64)  F="monero-linux-x64"   ;; \
       arm64)  F="monero-linux-armv8" ;; \
       arm)    F="monero-linux-armv7" ;; \
       *) echo "Unsupported TARGETARCH=${TARGETARCH}"; exit 1 ;; \
     esac; \
     URL="https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/${F}-${MONERO_VERSION}.tar.bz2"; \
     echo "Downloading $URL"; \
-    curl -fL "$URL" -o /tmp/monero.tar.bz2; \
-    if [ -n "$MONERO_SHA256" ]; then echo "${MONERO_SHA256}  /tmp/monero.tar.bz2" | sha256sum -c -; fi; \
     mkdir -p /opt/monero; \
-    tar -xjf /tmp/monero.tar.bz2 -C /opt/monero --strip-components=1; \
-    rm -f /tmp/monero.tar.bz2; \
-    mkdir -p /data
+    curl -fsSL "$URL" -o /opt/monero/monero.tar.bz2; \
+    tar -xjf /opt/monero/monero.tar.bz2 -C /opt/monero --strip-components=1; \
+    rm -f /opt/monero/monero.tar.bz2; \
+    install -m 0755 /opt/monero/monero-* /usr/local/bin/ || true; \
+    install -m 0755 /opt/monero/monerod /usr/local/bin/ || true; \
+    install -m 0755 /opt/monero/monero-wallet-rpc /usr/local/bin/
 
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/monero:/opt/monero/lib \
-    PATH="/opt/monero:${PATH}"
+RUN /usr/local/bin/monero-wallet-rpc --version || true
+
+EXPOSE 18083
+ENTRYPOINT ["monero-wallet-rpc"]
 
-CMD ["monero-wallet-rpc","--version"]
diff --git a/scripts/monero_wallet_setup.fish b/scripts/monero_wallet_setup.fish
index 9dffa1c..3033044 100644
--- a/scripts/monero_wallet_setup.fish
+++ b/scripts/monero_wallet_setup.fish
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ function walletsvc_bootstrap --description "Interactive setup of monero-wallet-r
     echo "      containers:"
     echo "      - name: wallet-rpc"
     echo "        image: $image"
-    echo "        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent"
+    echo "        imagePullPolicy: Always"
     echo "        command: [\"/bin/sh\",\"-lc\"]"
     echo "        args:"
     echo "          - |"
diff --git a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
index 6098fe4..17cb589 100644
--- a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: monero-p2pool
           image: registry.bstein.dev/infra/monero-p2pool:4.9
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           command: ["p2pool"]
           args:
             - "--host"