diff --git a/envri-hub/deployments/envri-hub.yaml b/envri-hub/deployments/envri-hub.yaml
index c838cf3a98143496eb5014ba69a58a7b64132937..016b7734c59217f26be96fce63d5ef41c89640f1 100644
--- a/envri-hub/deployments/envri-hub.yaml
+++ b/envri-hub/deployments/envri-hub.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ singleuser:
   defaultUrl: "/lab"
   image:
     name: eginotebooks/single-user
-    tag: "sha-0f4a63c"
+    tag: "sha-2890e34"
   profileList:
     - display_name: Default environment - 4 GB RAM / 2 core
       description: >
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ hub:
       token_mount_path: "/var/run/secrets/oidc/"
       args:
         - "--FileCheckpoints.checkpoint_dir='/home/jovyan/.notebookCheckpoints'"
-    LabApp:
-      check_for_updates_class: jupyterlab.NeverCheckForUpdate
   extraConfig:
     egi-notebooks-welcome: |-
       from egi_notebooks_hub.welcome import WelcomeHandler