diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
index 83c3cead09a36..27c9439dbde1d 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def consume_logs(*, since_time: Optional[DateTime] = None, follow: bool = True)
                 time.sleep(1)
 
     def await_container_completion(self, pod: V1Pod, container_name: str) -> None:
-        while self.container_is_running(pod=pod, container_name=container_name):
+        while not self.container_is_running(pod=pod, container_name=container_name):
             time.sleep(1)
 
     def await_pod_completion(self, pod: V1Pod) -> V1Pod: