diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-rc.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-rc.bats
index a38c57127a..590d565367 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-rc.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-rc.bats
@@ -61,17 +61,18 @@ test_rc_policy() {
         --output=jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}')
     [ "${number_of_replicas}" -gt 0 ]
 
-    # The replicas pods can be in running, waiting, succeeded or failed
-    # status. We need them all on running state before proceeding.
-    cmd="kubectl describe rc ${replication_name}"
-    cmd+=" | grep \"Pods Status\" | grep \"${number_of_replicas} Running\""
-    info "Waiting for: ${cmd}"
-    waitForProcess "$wait_time" "$sleep_time" "$cmd"
+    # Wait for all the expected pods to be created.
+    local count=0
+    local launched_pods=()
+    while [ $count -lt 6 ] && [ "${#launched_pods[@]}" -ne "${number_of_replicas}" ]; do
+        count=$((count + 1))
+        sleep 10
+        launched_pods=($(kubectl get pods "--selector=app=${app_name}" \
+            --output=jsonpath={.items..metadata.name}))
+    done
 
     # Check that the number of pods created for the replication controller
     # is equal to the number of replicas that we defined.
-    launched_pods=($(kubectl get pods "--selector=app=${app_name}" \
-        --output=jsonpath={.items..metadata.name}))
     [ "${#launched_pods[@]}" -eq "${number_of_replicas}" ]
 
     # Check pod creation
@@ -110,13 +111,13 @@ test_rc_policy() {
 
 @test "Policy failure: unexpected host device mapping" {
     # Changing the template spec after generating its policy will cause CreateContainer to be denied.
-  yq -i \
-      '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].volumeMounts += [{"mountPath": "/dev/ttyS0", "name": "dev-ttys0"}]' \
-      "${incorrect_yaml}"
+    yq -i \
+        '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].volumeMounts += [{"mountPath": "/dev/ttyS0", "name": "dev-ttys0"}]' \
+        "${incorrect_yaml}"
 
-  yq -i \
-      '.spec.template.spec.volumes += [{"name": "dev-ttys0", "hostPath": {"path": "/dev/ttyS0"}}]' \
-      "${incorrect_yaml}"
+    yq -i \
+        '.spec.template.spec.volumes += [{"name": "dev-ttys0", "hostPath": {"path": "/dev/ttyS0"}}]' \
+        "${incorrect_yaml}"
 
     test_rc_policy true
 }
@@ -139,6 +140,15 @@ test_rc_policy() {
     test_rc_policy true
 }
 
+@test "Policy failure: unexpected UID = 1000" {
+    # Changing the template spec after generating its policy will cause CreateContainer to be denied.
+    yq -i \
+      '.spec.template.spec.securityContext.runAsUser = 1000' \
+      "${incorrect_yaml}"
+
+    test_rc_policy true
+}
+
 teardown() {
     auto_generate_policy_enabled || skip "Auto-generated policy tests are disabled."
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml
index 52c39ae31c..62bcdebcd5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-rc.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: policy-nginx-rc
     spec:
+      securityContext:
+        runAsUser: 123
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
       runtimeClassName: kata
       containers: