diff --git a/test/integration/job/job_test.go b/test/integration/job/job_test.go
index 4046a7e055c..8e98fd6b5f8 100644
--- a/test/integration/job/job_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/job/job_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/util"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 const waitInterval = time.Second
@@ -1681,24 +1682,29 @@ func TestJobPodReplacementPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cases := map[string]struct {
 		podReplacementPolicyEnabled bool
+		deletePods                  bool
+		failPods                    bool
 		wantTerminating             *int32
 		wantFailed                  int
 		wantActive                  int
 		jobSpec                     *batchv1.JobSpec
 	}{
 		"feature flag off, delete pods and verify no terminating status": {
+			deletePods: true,
 			jobSpec:    jobSpecIndexedDefault,
 			wantActive: int(podCount),
 			wantFailed: int(podCount),
 		},
 		"feature flag true, delete pods and verify terminating status": {
 			podReplacementPolicyEnabled: true,
+			deletePods:                  true,
 			jobSpec:                     jobSpecIndexedDefault,
 			wantTerminating:             pointer.Int32(podCount),
 			wantFailed:                  int(podCount),
 		},
 		"feature flag true, delete pods, verify terminating status and recreate upon terminating": {
 			podReplacementPolicyEnabled: true,
+			deletePods:                  true,
 			jobSpec: &batchv1.JobSpec{
 				Parallelism:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
 				Completions:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
@@ -1710,16 +1716,18 @@ func TestJobPodReplacementPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		"feature flag true, delete pods, verify terminating status and recreate once failed": {
 			podReplacementPolicyEnabled: true,
+			deletePods:                  true,
 			jobSpec: &batchv1.JobSpec{
 				Parallelism:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
 				Completions:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
-				CompletionMode:       &nonIndexedCompletion,
+				CompletionMode:       &indexedCompletion,
 				PodReplacementPolicy: podReplacementPolicy(batchv1.Failed),
 			},
 			wantTerminating: pointer.Int32(podCount),
 		},
 		"feature flag true with NonIndexedJob, delete pods, verify terminating status and recreate once failed": {
 			podReplacementPolicyEnabled: true,
+			deletePods:                  true,
 			jobSpec: &batchv1.JobSpec{
 				Parallelism:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
 				Completions:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
@@ -1730,6 +1738,7 @@ func TestJobPodReplacementPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		"feature flag false, podFailurePolicy enabled, delete pods, verify terminating status and recreate once failed": {
 			podReplacementPolicyEnabled: false,
+			deletePods:                  true,
 			jobSpec: &batchv1.JobSpec{
 				Parallelism:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
 				Completions:          pointer.Int32Ptr(podCount),
@@ -1749,6 +1758,32 @@ func TestJobPodReplacementPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantActive: int(podCount),
 		},
+		"feature flag true, recreate failed pods, and verify active and failed counters": {
+			podReplacementPolicyEnabled: true,
+			failPods:                    true,
+			jobSpec: &batchv1.JobSpec{
+				Parallelism:          ptr.To(podCount),
+				Completions:          ptr.To(podCount),
+				CompletionMode:       &indexedCompletion,
+				PodReplacementPolicy: podReplacementPolicy(batchv1.Failed),
+			},
+			wantActive:      int(podCount),
+			wantFailed:      int(podCount),
+			wantTerminating: ptr.To[int32](0),
+		},
+		"feature flag true with NonIndexedJob, recreate failed pods, and verify active and failed counters": {
+			podReplacementPolicyEnabled: true,
+			failPods:                    true,
+			jobSpec: &batchv1.JobSpec{
+				Parallelism:          ptr.To(podCount),
+				Completions:          ptr.To(podCount),
+				CompletionMode:       &nonIndexedCompletion,
+				PodReplacementPolicy: podReplacementPolicy(batchv1.Failed),
+			},
+			wantActive:      int(podCount),
+			wantFailed:      int(podCount),
+			wantTerminating: ptr.To[int32](0),
+		},
 	}
 	for name, tc := range cases {
 		tc := tc
@@ -1776,7 +1811,7 @@ func TestJobPodReplacementPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
-				if job.Status.Active == int32(podCount) {
+				if job.Status.Active == podCount {
 					return true, nil
 				}
 				return false, nil
@@ -1784,29 +1819,20 @@ func TestJobPodReplacementPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Error waiting for Job pods to become active: %v", err)
 			}
-			pods, errList := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(ns.Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
-			if errList != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("Failed to list pods: %v", errList)
+			if tc.deletePods {
+				err = clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(ns.Name).DeleteCollection(ctx,
+					metav1.DeleteOptions{},
+					metav1.ListOptions{
+						Limit: 1000,
+					})
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Failed to delete Pods: %v", err)
+				}
 			}
-			updatePod(t, clientSet, pods.Items, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-				pod.Finalizers = append(pod.Finalizers, "fake.example.com/blockDeletion")
-			})
-			err = clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(ns.Name).DeleteCollection(ctx,
-				metav1.DeleteOptions{},
-				metav1.ListOptions{
-					Limit: 1000,
-				})
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("Failed to cleanup Pods: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			podsDelete, errList2 := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(ns.Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
-			if errList != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("Failed to list pods: %v", errList2)
-			}
-			for _, val := range podsDelete.Items {
-				if val.DeletionTimestamp == nil {
-					t.Fatalf("Deletion not registered.")
+			if tc.failPods {
+				err, _ = setJobPodsPhase(ctx, clientSet, jobObj, v1.PodFailed, int(podCount))
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Failed setting phase %s on Job Pods: %v", v1.PodFailed, err)
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -2786,22 +2812,6 @@ func updatePodStatuses(ctx context.Context, clientSet clientset.Interface, updat
 	return int(updated), nil
 }
 
-func updatePod(t *testing.T, clientSet clientset.Interface, pods []v1.Pod, updateFunc func(*v1.Pod)) {
-	for _, val := range pods {
-		if err := retry.RetryOnConflict(retry.DefaultBackoff, func() error {
-			newPod, err := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(val.Namespace).Get(context.TODO(), val.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			updateFunc(newPod)
-			_, err = clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(val.Namespace).Update(context.TODO(), newPod, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
-			return err
-		}); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Failed to update pod %s: %v", val.Name, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func setJobPhaseForIndex(ctx context.Context, clientSet clientset.Interface, jobObj *batchv1.Job, phase v1.PodPhase, ix int) error {
 	pods, err := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(jobObj.Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {