diff --git a/deploy/stage/common-values-iris-mpc.yaml b/deploy/stage/common-values-iris-mpc.yaml
index 15d7ccb2a..59ae39276 100644
--- a/deploy/stage/common-values-iris-mpc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/stage/common-values-iris-mpc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: "ghcr.io/worldcoin/iris-mpc:v0.7.9"
+image: "ghcr.io/worldcoin/iris-mpc:v0.8.0"
 
 environment: stage
 replicaCount: 1
diff --git a/deploy/stage/smpc0-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml b/deploy/stage/smpc0-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
index 1e5327ca3..2a1e834ba 100644
--- a/deploy/stage/smpc0-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/stage/smpc0-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ env:
   - name: NCCL_DEBUG
     value: "INFO"
 
+  - name: NCCL_PROTO
+    value: "Simple"
+
   - name: NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME
     value: "eth0"
 
diff --git a/deploy/stage/smpc1-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml b/deploy/stage/smpc1-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
index 6d1f97892..1c3816d62 100644
--- a/deploy/stage/smpc1-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/stage/smpc1-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ env:
   - name: NCCL_DEBUG
     value: "INFO"
 
+  - name: NCCL_PROTO
+    value: "Simple"
+
   - name: NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME
     value: "eth0"
 
diff --git a/deploy/stage/smpc2-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml b/deploy/stage/smpc2-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
index 44801e743..c14bdf80e 100644
--- a/deploy/stage/smpc2-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/stage/smpc2-stage-eu-north-1/values-iris-mpc.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ env:
   - name: NCCL_DEBUG
     value: "INFO"
 
+  - name: NCCL_PROTO
+    value: "Simple"
+
   - name: NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME
     value: "eth0"