diff --git a/templates/backstage-deployment.yaml b/templates/backstage-deployment.yaml
index 937daf2..15f0c95 100644
--- a/templates/backstage-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/backstage-deployment.yaml
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ spec:
         # Disable guest provider
         - name: AUTH_PROVIDERS_GUEST_ENABLED
           value: "false"
+        # Pod namespace for Kubernetes API calls (used by TrackedUsersClient)
+        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         volumeMounts:
         - name: config
           mountPath: /app/app-config.yaml
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index d00b275..a95581c 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespaceOverride: "backstage"
 # Backstage application image
 image:
   repository: gcr.io/prj-onlinesales-test-framework/backstage
-  tag: "main-8147387"
+  tag: "main-de51ae9"
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 # Replica count