diff --git a/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml b/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml
index 29a3e73e1..7276dba7e 100644
--- a/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml
+++ b/recipes/newrelic/infrastructure/kubernetes.yml
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ install:
             $SUDO $KUBECTL apply -f newrelic-k8s.yml
           fi
 
-          # Wait on nrk8s-kubelet pod to be running
-          POD_NAME="nrk8s-kubelet"
+          # Check for 'nrk8s-kubelet-node-scraper' pod presence first, otherwise default to former pod name 'nrk8s-kubelet'
+          POD_NAME=$(test $($SUDO $KUBECTL get pods -o wide -n $NR_CLI_NAMESPACE | grep 'nrk8s-kubelet-node-scraper' | wc -l | sed 's/ //g') -gt 0 && echo 'nrk8s-kubelet-node-scraper' || echo 'nrk8s-kubelet')
 
           echo "Running ${POD_NAME} status check attempt..."
           MAX_RETRIES=150