diff --git a/docs/howtos/clusters.md b/docs/howtos/clusters.md
index bafbd64a1..420fe836f 100644
--- a/docs/howtos/clusters.md
+++ b/docs/howtos/clusters.md
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ Fleet connection:
         --set image.tag=$FLEET_VERSION \
         --set refreshtoken.repository=$REGISTRY/$REFRESH_TOKEN_IMAGE \
         --set refreshtoken.tag=$FLEET_VERSION \
-        --set image.pullPolicy=Never \
-        --set refreshtoken.pullPolicy=Never \
+        --set image.pullPolicy=Always \
+        --set refreshtoken.pullPolicy=Always \
         --set config.memberClusterName="$MEMBER_CLUSTER" \
         --set logVerbosity=5 \
         --set namespace=fleet-system \
diff --git a/hack/membership/join.sh b/hack/membership/join.sh
index 69864e56d..244ec164f 100755
--- a/hack/membership/join.sh
+++ b/hack/membership/join.sh
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ helm install member-agent fleet/charts/member-agent/ \
     --set image.tag=$FLEET_VERSION \
     --set refreshtoken.repository=$REGISTRY/$REFRESH_TOKEN_IMAGE \
     --set refreshtoken.tag=$FLEET_VERSION \
-    --set image.pullPolicy=Never \
-    --set refreshtoken.pullPolicy=Never \
+    --set image.pullPolicy=Always \
+    --set refreshtoken.pullPolicy=Always \
     --set config.memberClusterName="$MEMBER_CLUSTER" \
     --set logVerbosity=5 \
     --set namespace=fleet-system \