diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
index ffd3e7ec4bd88..fec783d39e7e1 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
@@ -267,7 +267,14 @@ def consume_logs(*, since_time: DateTime | None = None, follow: bool = True) ->
                 time.sleep(1)
 
     def await_container_completion(self, pod: V1Pod, container_name: str) -> None:
-        while not self.container_is_running(pod=pod, container_name=container_name):
+        """
+        Monitors a container of a pod until it reaches its final state
+
+        :param pod: pod spec that will be monitored
+        :param container_name: name of the container of the pod that will be monitored
+        :return:
+        """
+        while self.container_is_running(pod=pod, container_name=container_name):
             time.sleep(1)
 
     def await_pod_completion(self, pod: V1Pod) -> V1Pod:
diff --git a/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py b/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
index e1e6812018fc0..e6e3441d21879 100644
--- a/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
+++ b/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import random
+import re
 import shutil
 import sys
-import textwrap
-import unittest
 from copy import copy
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from unittest import mock
@@ -77,19 +76,26 @@ def get_kubeconfig_path():
     return kubeconfig_path if kubeconfig_path else os.path.expanduser("~/.kube/config")
 
 
+def get_normalized_test_name():
+    test = os.environ["PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST"]
+    test = test.replace("(setup)", "").replace("call", "")
+    return "".join(filter(str.isalnum, test)).lower()
+
+
 def get_label():
-    test = os.environ.get("PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST")
-    label = "".join(filter(str.isalnum, test)).lower()
+    label = get_normalized_test_name()
+    label = label.strip()
     return label[-63]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.execution_timeout(180)
-class TestKubernetesPodOperatorSystem(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestKubernetesPodOperatorSystem:
     def get_current_task_name(self):
+        test_name = get_normalized_test_name()
         # reverse test name to make pod name unique (it has limited length)
-        return "_" + unittest.TestCase.id(self).replace(".", "_")[::-1]
+        return "_" + test_name[::-1]
 
-    def setUp(self):
+    def setup_method(self, method):
         self.maxDiff = None
         self.api_client = ApiClient()
         self.labels = {"test_label": get_label()}
@@ -810,7 +816,11 @@ def test_pod_template_file_with_full_pod_spec(self):
         assert k.pod.spec.containers[0].env == [k8s.V1EnvVar(name="env_name", value="value")]
         assert result == {"hello": "world"}
 
-    def test_full_pod_spec(self):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "should_get_logs",
+        [True, False],
+    )
+    def test_full_pod_spec(self, should_get_logs: bool):
         pod_spec = k8s.V1Pod(
             metadata=k8s.V1ObjectMeta(
                 labels={"test_label": get_label(), "fizz": "buzz"}, namespace="default", name="test-pod"
@@ -836,11 +846,13 @@ def test_full_pod_spec(self):
             do_xcom_push=True,
             is_delete_operator_pod=False,
             startup_timeout_seconds=30,
+            get_logs=should_get_logs,
         )
 
         context = create_context(k)
         result = k.execute(context)
         assert result is not None
+        assert k.pod is not None
         assert k.pod.metadata.labels == {
             "fizz": "buzz",
             "test_label": get_label(),
@@ -916,7 +928,12 @@ def test_init_container(self):
     @mock.patch(f"{POD_MANAGER_CLASS}.create_pod", new=MagicMock)
     @mock.patch(HOOK_CLASS)
     def test_pod_template_file(
-        self, hook_mock, await_pod_completion_mock, extract_xcom_mock, await_xcom_sidecar_container_start_mock
+        self,
+        hook_mock,
+        await_pod_completion_mock,
+        extract_xcom_mock,
+        await_xcom_sidecar_container_start_mock,
+        caplog,
     ):
         # todo: This isn't really a system test
         await_xcom_sidecar_container_start_mock.return_value = None
@@ -934,21 +951,19 @@ def test_pod_template_file(
         pod_mock.status.phase = "Succeeded"
         await_pod_completion_mock.return_value = pod_mock
         context = create_context(k)
-        with self.assertLogs(k.log, level=logging.DEBUG) as cm:
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG, logger="airflow.task"):
             k.execute(context)
-            expected_line = textwrap.dedent(
-                """\
-            DEBUG:airflow.task.operators:Starting pod:
-            api_version: v1
-            kind: Pod
-            metadata:
-              annotations: {}
-              cluster_name: null
-              creation_timestamp: null
-              deletion_grace_period_seconds: null\
-            """
-            ).strip()
-            assert any(line.startswith(expected_line) for line in cm.output)
+        expected_line = (
+            r"DEBUG\s+airflow.task.operators.kubernetes_pod.py:\d+\sStarting pod:\n"
+            r"api_version: v1\n"
+            r"kind: Pod\n"
+            r"metadata:\n"
+            r"\s+annotations: {}\n"
+            r"\s+cluster_name: null\n"
+            r"\s+creation_timestamp: null\n"
+            r"\s+deletion_grace_period_seconds: null\n"
+        )
+        assert re.search(expected_line, caplog.text) is not None
 
         actual_pod = self.api_client.sanitize_for_serialization(k.pod)
         expected_dict = {