diff --git a/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml b/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
index 6cca79c10..5c0061ca6 100644
--- a/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: veles-backend
       annotations:
-        veles.bstein.dev/redeploy: "2026-07-16-0.6.97-strategy-repair-arbitration"
+        veles.bstein.dev/redeploy: "2026-07-16-0.6.98-route-progress-preservation"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-init-first: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-pre-populate-only: "true"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ spec:
           type: RuntimeDefault
       initContainers:
         - name: database-init
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.6.97 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.6.98 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
           args:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ spec:
               memory: 512Mi
       containers:
         - name: backend
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.6.97 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.6.98 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
           args:
diff --git a/services/veles/configmap.yaml b/services/veles/configmap.yaml
index 4a4462f09..a99cc00e8 100644
--- a/services/veles/configmap.yaml
+++ b/services/veles/configmap.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ data:
   VELES_OIDC_REQUIRED_GROUPS: alpha,veles-tester,admin
   VELES_OIDC_ADMIN_GROUPS: admin
   VELES_NAMESPACE: veles
-  VELES_SIM_IMAGE: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-sim-worker:0.6.97 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-sim-worker"}
-  VELES_SIM_WORKER_VERSION: "0.6.97"
+  VELES_SIM_IMAGE: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-sim-worker:0.6.98 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-sim-worker"}
+  VELES_SIM_WORKER_VERSION: "0.6.98"
   VELES_SIM_SERVICE_ACCOUNT: veles-sim
   VELES_SIM_PRIORITY_CLASS: veles-sim
   VELES_SIM_NODE_SELECTOR: veles.bstein.dev/node-pool=oceanus,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64
diff --git a/services/veles/frontend-deployment.yaml b/services/veles/frontend-deployment.yaml
index ba1506a26..bdd136fbd 100644
--- a/services/veles/frontend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/veles/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ spec:
           type: RuntimeDefault
       containers:
         - name: frontend
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-frontend:0.6.97 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-frontend"}
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-frontend:0.6.98 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-frontend"}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
             - name: http
diff --git a/services/veles/retention-cronjob.yaml b/services/veles/retention-cronjob.yaml
index 4a69b009e..754adf54f 100644
--- a/services/veles/retention-cronjob.yaml
+++ b/services/veles/retention-cronjob.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
               type: RuntimeDefault
           containers:
             - name: retention
-              image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.6.97 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
+              image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.6.98 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
               imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
               command: ["veles-hygiene"]
               args: ["--prune-artifacts"]