diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/nodejs_test.go b/tests/sdk/nodejs/nodejs_test.go
index a5fab3ea02..9644aaee36 100644
--- a/tests/sdk/nodejs/nodejs_test.go
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/nodejs_test.go
@@ -1037,3 +1037,43 @@ func TestYAMLURL(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	integration.ProgramTest(t, &test)
 }
+
+func TestReplaceDaemonSet(t *testing.T) {
+	daemonSetName := ""
+	test := baseOptions.With(integration.ProgramTestOptions{
+		Dir:           filepath.Join("replace-daemonset", "step1"),
+		Quick:         true,
+		ExpectFailure: false,
+		SkipRefresh:   true,
+		ExtraRuntimeValidation: func(t *testing.T, stackInfo integration.RuntimeValidationStackInfo) {
+			assert.NotNil(t, stackInfo.Deployment)
+			assert.Equal(t, 3, len(stackInfo.Deployment.Resources))
+
+			// Save the DaemonSet name to compare it in the step2
+			daemonSetName = stackInfo.Outputs["name"].(string)
+
+			// Assert that the DaemonSet was created
+			assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(stackInfo.Outputs["name"].(string), "test-replacement-"))
+		},
+		EditDirs: []integration.EditDir{
+			{
+				Dir:           filepath.Join("replace-daemonset", "step2"),
+				Additive:      true,
+				ExpectFailure: false,
+				ExtraRuntimeValidation: func(t *testing.T, stackInfo integration.RuntimeValidationStackInfo) {
+					assert.NotNil(t, stackInfo.Deployment)
+					assert.Equal(t, 3, len(stackInfo.Deployment.Resources))
+
+					newDaemonSetName := stackInfo.Outputs["name"].(string)
+
+					// Assert that the DaemonSet still exists
+					assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(newDaemonSetName, "test-replacement-"))
+
+					// DaemonSet should have a different name as it was replaced
+					assert.True(t, daemonSetName != newDaemonSetName)
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	integration.ProgramTest(t, &test)
+}
diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/Pulumi.yaml b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/Pulumi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..937c9c9149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/Pulumi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: replace-daemonset
+description: A program to test if the DaemonSet is replaced when the .spec.selector is updated
+runtime: nodejs
diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/index.ts b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65f56e7377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";
+
+const appLabels = {
+    app: "nginx",
+};
+
+const daemonset = new k8s.apps.v1.DaemonSet("test-replacement", {
+    spec: {
+        selector: { matchLabels: appLabels },
+        template: {
+            metadata: { labels: appLabels },
+            spec: { containers: [{ name: "nginx", image: "nginx" }] },
+        },
+    },
+});
+
+export const name = daemonset.metadata.name;
diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/package.json b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8063d83833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "daemonset-replacement",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@pulumi/pulumi": "latest"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@pulumi/kubernetes": "latest"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/tsconfig.json b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3086b63abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step1/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "outDir": "bin",
+        "target": "es6",
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "declaration": true,
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "stripInternal": true,
+        "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "pretty": true,
+        "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitReturns": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step2/index.ts b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step2/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e629546512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk/nodejs/replace-daemonset/step2/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";
+
+const appLabels = {
+    app: "nginx",
+    test: "new-value",
+};
+
+const daemonset = new k8s.apps.v1.DaemonSet("test-replacement", {
+    spec: {
+        selector: { matchLabels: appLabels },
+        template: {
+            metadata: { labels: appLabels },
+            spec: { containers: [{ name: "nginx", image: "nginx" }] },
+        },
+    },
+});
+
+export const name = daemonset.metadata.name;