diff --git a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
index 8450e4efab11a..fb74d0eab76a4 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Entries should include a reference to the pull request that introduced the chang
 
 [//]: # (<AUTOMATED_UPDATES_LOCATOR> : do not remove this line. This locator is used by the CI pipeline to automatically create a changelog entry for each new Loki release. Add other chart versions and respective changelog entries bellow this line.)
 
+## 5.43.7
+
+- [ENHANCEMENT] Avoid unnecessary pod restarts
+
 ## 5.43.6
 
  [ENHANCEMENT] Add `ciliumnetworkpolicy` with egress to world for table-manager if enabled.
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/backend/statefulset-backend.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/backend/statefulset-backend.yaml
index 1b1be055f6266..7b15c3d9c1b4b 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/backend/statefulset-backend.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/backend/statefulset-backend.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print .Template.BasePath "/config.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/config: {{ include "loki.calculatedConfig" . | sha256sum }}
         {{- with .Values.loki.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/deployment-gateway.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/deployment-gateway.yaml
index 4ffa0c935b0a4..fcb5cd79b9fa5 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/deployment-gateway.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/deployment-gateway.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print .Template.BasePath "/gateway/configmap-gateway.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/config: {{ tpl .Values.gateway.nginxConfig.file . | sha256sum }}
         {{- with .Values.loki.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/read/deployment-read.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/read/deployment-read.yaml
index a5e7524f2a05f..b426fca4b5f36 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/read/deployment-read.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/read/deployment-read.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print .Template.BasePath "/config.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/config: {{ include "loki.calculatedConfig" . | sha256sum }}
         {{- with .Values.loki.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/read/statefulset-read.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/read/statefulset-read.yaml
index eaea4aaecbc29..d0c4dfbffee69 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/read/statefulset-read.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/read/statefulset-read.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print .Template.BasePath "/config.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/config: {{ include "loki.calculatedConfig" . | sha256sum }}
         {{- with .Values.loki.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/single-binary/statefulset.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/single-binary/statefulset.yaml
index 96c8974b72c26..9a4b0d827b78a 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/single-binary/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/single-binary/statefulset.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print .Template.BasePath "/config.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/config: {{ include "loki.calculatedConfig" . | sha256sum }}
         {{- with .Values.loki.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/table-manager/deployment-table-manager.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/table-manager/deployment-table-manager.yaml
index bc14d1f6df491..a8f708cdde585 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/table-manager/deployment-table-manager.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/table-manager/deployment-table-manager.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print .Template.BasePath "/config.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/config: {{ include "loki.calculatedConfig" . | sha256sum }}
         {{- with .Values.loki.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/write/statefulset-write.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/write/statefulset-write.yaml
index ca67038a16192..3dd1c32a2994c 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/write/statefulset-write.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/write/statefulset-write.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print .Template.BasePath "/config.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        checksum/config: {{ include "loki.calculatedConfig" . | sha256sum }}
         {{- with .Values.loki.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}