diff --git a/services/identity/Dockerfile b/services/identity/Dockerfile
--- a/services/identity/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/identity/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM rust:1.67 as builder
+FROM rust:1.70-bullseye as builder
 
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
   build-essential cmake git libgtest-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
diff --git a/services/terraform/remote/service_identity.tf b/services/terraform/remote/service_identity.tf
--- a/services/terraform/remote/service_identity.tf
+++ b/services/terraform/remote/service_identity.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  identity_service_image_tag      = "0.3"
+  identity_service_image_tag      = "0.5-staging"
   identity_service_server_image   = "commapp/identity-server:${local.identity_service_image_tag}"
   identity_service_container_name = "identity-server"
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
   task_definition      = aws_ecs_task_definition.identity_service.arn
   force_new_deployment = true
 
-  desired_count = 1
+  desired_count = 2
   lifecycle {
     ignore_changes = [desired_count]
   }
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@
   # The "bridge" network mode requires target type set to instance
   target_type = "instance"
 
+  stickiness {
+    type            = "lb_cookie"
+    cookie_duration = 10 # Duration in seconds
+    enabled         = true
+  }
+
   health_check {
     enabled             = true
     healthy_threshold   = 2