diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 055b68a77..71e8d30de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - (Feature) Unify agency access
 - (Feature) Change DBServer Cleanup Logic
 - (Feature) Set Logger format
+- (Bugfix) Ensure Wait actions to be present after AddMember
 
 ## [1.2.13](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.13) (2022-06-07)
 - (Bugfix) Fix arangosync members state inspection
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/action_add_member.go b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/action_add_member.go
index 3c0e0b1d9..affab90e0 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/action_add_member.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/action_add_member.go
@@ -74,21 +74,9 @@ func (a *actionAddMember) Start(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 
 // ActionPlanAppender appends wait methods to the plan
 func (a *actionAddMember) ActionPlanAppender(current api.Plan) (api.Plan, bool) {
-	var app api.Plan
-
-	if _, ok := a.action.Params[api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp.String()]; ok {
-		app = append(app, actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp, a.action.Group, withPredefinedMember(a.newMemberID), "Wait for member in sync after creation"))
-	}
-
-	if _, ok := a.action.Params[api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberInSync.String()]; ok {
-		app = append(app, actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberInSync, a.action.Group, withPredefinedMember(a.newMemberID), "Wait for member in sync after creation"))
+	np := api.Plan{
+		actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp, a.action.Group, withPredefinedMember(a.newMemberID), "Wait for member in sync after creation"),
+		actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberInSync, a.action.Group, withPredefinedMember(a.newMemberID), "Wait for member in sync after creation"),
 	}
-
-	if len(app) > 0 {
-		return app.AfterFirst(func(a api.Action) bool {
-			return a.Type == api.ActionTypeAddMember
-		}, app...), true
-	}
-
-	return current, false
+	return append(current, np...), true
 }
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_normal.go b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_normal.go
index 9b2d83bcc..a6a8cdf7d 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_normal.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_normal.go
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ func (r *Reconciler) createMemberFailedRestorePlan(ctx context.Context, apiObjec
 					plan = append(plan,
 						actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeRemoveMember, group, m),
 						actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeAddMember, group, withPredefinedMember("")),
-						actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp, group, withPredefinedMember(api.MemberIDPreviousAction)),
 					)
 				} else {
 					memberLog.Info("Restoring old member. Recreation is disabled for group")
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_scale.go b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_scale.go
index 291c02b10..6ecba2691 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_scale.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_scale.go
@@ -119,9 +119,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) createReplaceMemberPlan(ctx context.Context, apiObject k8su
 			if member.Conditions.IsTrue(api.ConditionTypeMarkedToRemove) {
 				switch group {
 				case api.ServerGroupDBServers:
-					plan = append(plan, actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeAddMember, group, withPredefinedMember("")).
-						AddParam(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberInSync.String(), "").
-						AddParam(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp.String(), ""))
+					plan = append(plan, actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeAddMember, group, withPredefinedMember("")))
 					r.planLogger.
 						Str("role", group.AsRole()).
 						Debug("Creating replacement plan")
@@ -134,9 +132,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) createReplaceMemberPlan(ctx context.Context, apiObject k8su
 					return nil
 				case api.ServerGroupAgents:
 					plan = append(plan, actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeRemoveMember, group, member),
-						actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeAddMember, group, withPredefinedMember("")).
-							AddParam(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberInSync.String(), "").
-							AddParam(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp.String(), ""))
+						actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeAddMember, group, withPredefinedMember("")))
 					r.planLogger.
 						Str("role", group.AsRole()).
 						Debug("Creating replacement plan")
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_storage.go b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_storage.go
index 944885af9..a1fc99dc9 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_storage.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_storage.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) pvcResizePlan(group api.ServerGroup, groupSpec api.ServerGr
 			actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypePVCResized, group, member),
 			actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeRotateStopMember, group, member),
 			actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp, group, member),
+			actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberInSync, group, member),
 		}
 	default:
 		r.planLogger.Str("server-group", group.AsRole()).Str("mode", mode.String()).
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_test.go b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_test.go
index 7bb94d3cb..3f7c1742a 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/reconcile/plan_builder_test.go
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ func TestCreatePlan(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectedPlan: []api.Action{
 				actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeRemoveMember, api.ServerGroupCoordinators, withPredefinedMember("id")),
 				actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeAddMember, api.ServerGroupCoordinators, withPredefinedMember("")),
-				actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp, api.ServerGroupCoordinators, withPredefinedMember(api.MemberIDPreviousAction)),
 			},
 			ExpectedLog: "Creating member replacement plan because member has failed",
 		},
@@ -1076,7 +1075,6 @@ func TestCreatePlan(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectedPlan: []api.Action{
 				actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeRemoveMember, api.ServerGroupDBServers, withPredefinedMember("id")),
 				actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeAddMember, api.ServerGroupDBServers, withPredefinedMember("")),
-				actions.NewAction(api.ActionTypeWaitForMemberUp, api.ServerGroupDBServers, withPredefinedMember(api.MemberIDPreviousAction)),
 			},
 			ExpectedLog: "Creating member replacement plan because member has failed",
 		},