diff --git a/roles/baseline/tasks/contour.yaml b/roles/baseline/tasks/contour.yaml
index e8c88268..afe0ac79 100644
--- a/roles/baseline/tasks/contour.yaml
+++ b/roles/baseline/tasks/contour.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,24 @@
           disablePermitInsecure: false
           tls:
             fallback-certificate: {}
-  when: CONTOUR_CONFIG.contour.configFileContents.compression is defined
+  tags:
+    - install
+    - update
+
+# Restart Contour deployment to apply the compression configuration changes
+- name: Restart Contour deployment
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    state: patched
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: "{{ CONTOUR_NAME }}"
+    namespace: "{{ CONTOUR_NAMESPACE }}"
+    kubeconfig: "{{ KUBECONFIG }}"
+    definition:
+      spec:
+        template:
+          metadata:
+            annotations:
+              kubectl.kubernetes.io/restartedAt: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
   tags:
     - install
     - update
diff --git a/roles/vdm/tasks/cas.yaml b/roles/vdm/tasks/cas.yaml
index 08ceab90..17fe19b7 100644
--- a/roles/vdm/tasks/cas.yaml
+++ b/roles/vdm/tasks/cas.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     - install
     - uninstall
     - update
-    
+
 # Add shutdown transformer for programming-only deployments (CAS disabled)
 # This approach keeps CAS resources in the manifest (avoiding prune risks) but shuts down CAS pods
 - name: CAS - shutdown for programming-only deployment
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@
   tags:
     - install
     - uninstall
-    - update
\ No newline at end of file
+    - update