No Sim Available error after updating to IOS 17.2.1

After updating my software to 17.2.1 since I heard it also fixes fast battery draining issues (which it did in my case), I noticed that I often get the “No SIM Available” notice daily (image attached)

It can easily be fixed by reinserting my SIM card although it is a nuisance (in my opinion) since I don’t just randomly bring my SIM ejector anywhere and it also intervenes with what I am doing as I often use data in public places and encountering this problem is annoying.

Am I the only one encountering this after updating to IOS 17.2.1? Hope it gets fixed as I never encountered it before when I was in IOS 17 only.

For additional info, I’m using a prepaid SIM