diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.cd.yml b/docker/docker-compose.cd.yml
index 3d19a965..3e08808d 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.cd.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.cd.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ services:
   watchtower:
     # containrrr/watchtower archived 2025-12-17; nicholas-fedor/watchtower is the maintained fork, same label namespace and flags.
     image: ghcr.io/nicholas-fedor/watchtower:1.22.1
-    command: --label-enable --cleanup --rolling-restart --interval 300 --scope ahc
+    # --rolling-restart disabled: this fork rejects it when monitored services have
+    # dependency chains (celery_beat -> postgres_db/redis); plain restart is enough here.
+    command: --label-enable --cleanup --interval 300 --scope ahc
     environment:
       DOCKER_API_VERSION: "1.41"
     volumes: