diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.12/bbsim-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.12/bbsim-tests.groovy
index 4491bb7..b3105c3 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.12/bbsim-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.12/bbsim-tests.groovy
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 //   regenerated.  Hardcode a version string that can be assigned
 //   per-script to be sure latest repository changes are being used.
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-String pipelineVer() {
-    String version = 'e9725b199be034061750c6e9c4c3ac46cf2d0f68'
+String pipelineVer() { 
+    String version = '45c11f80698d3be1416a86d2872d6e25aa24baa8'
     return(version)
 }
 
@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@
                     enter('Cleanup')
 
                     // remove orphaned port-forward from different namespaces
-                    String proc = 'kubectl.*port-forward' // was 'port-forw'
-                    /*
+                    // String proc = 'kubectl.*port-forward' // was 'port-forw'
+
+                    /* Pass Gstring args to sh() having problems
+                       implicit cast from GString to java.lang.String unsupported
                     pgrep_proc(proc)
                     pkill_proc(proc)
                     pgrep_proc(proc) // todo: fatal unless (proc count==0)
@@ -502,12 +504,6 @@
     pkill --uid "\$(id -u)" --echo --full 'kail'
 fi
 """)
-
-        sh(label  : 'pgrep_proc - kill-post',
-           script : """
-pgrep --uid "\$(id -u)" --list-full --full 'kail || true
-""")
-        
         println("${iam}: LEAVE")
     }