diff --git a/k8s-upgrade-pipeline.groovy b/k8s-upgrade-pipeline.groovy
index 4e75e11..224040f 100644
--- a/k8s-upgrade-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/k8s-upgrade-pipeline.groovy
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
    def nodeShortName = target.tokenize(".")[0]
    firstTarget = salt.getFirstMinion(pepperEnv, originalTarget)
 
-   status = salt.cmdRun(pepperEnv, firstTarget, "kubectl get no | grep ${nodeShortName} | awk '{print \$2}'"
+   status = salt.cmdRun(pepperEnv, firstTarget, "kubectl get no ${nodeShortName} | tail -n+2 | awk '{print \$2}'"
    )['return'][0].values()[0].replaceAll('Salt command execution success',''
    ).replaceAll(',SchedulingDisabled','').trim()
 
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@
 
     stage("Rebooting ${target}") {
         debian.osReboot(pepperEnv, target)
+        /*
+            * Kubernetes controller manager will mark kubernetes node as NotReady
+            * only after 40 seconds of it's downtime.
+            * Let's wait for 60 sec to be sure that node will reach it's
+            * correct status.
+        */
+        sleep(60)
         common.retry(times, delay) {
             if(!isNodeReady(pepperEnv, target)) {
                 error("Node still not in Ready state...")