diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index 909e83e854b..4165b24af79 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ const (
 	kubeRuntimeAPIVersion = "0.1.0"
 	// A minimal shutdown window for avoiding unnecessary SIGKILLs
 	minimumGracePeriodInSeconds = 2
+	MinimumGracePeriodInSeconds = int64(minimumGracePeriodInSeconds)
 
 	// The expiration time of version cache.
 	versionCacheTTL = 60 * time.Second
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ const (
 	identicalErrorDelay = 1 * time.Minute
 	// OpenTelemetry instrumentation scope name
 	instrumentationScope = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime"
+
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go b/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go
index 07264dbf792..69822033d7f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ func doPodResizeErrorTests() {
 //       Above tests are performed by doSheduletTests() and doPodResizeResourceQuotaTests()
 //       in test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go
 
-var _ = SIGDescribe("[InPlacePodResize] Pod InPlace Resize Container", feature.InPlacePodVerticalScaling, func() {
+var _ = SIGDescribe("Pod InPlace Resize Container", feature.InPlacePodVerticalScaling, func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("pod-resize-tests")
 
 	ginkgo.BeforeEach(func(ctx context.Context) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go
index b077f62a9cd..00465bfb93a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	helpers "k8s.io/component-helpers/resource"
 	kubecm "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ const (
 	Cgroupv2CPURequest         string = "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.weight"
 	CPUPeriod                  string = "100000"
 	MinContainerRuntimeVersion string = "1.6.9"
-	MinimumGracePeriodSeconds  int64  = 2
+	MinRestartWaitPeriod          int = 10
 )
 
 var (
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ func makeResizableContainer(tcInfo ResizableContainerInfo) v1.Container {
 func MakePodWithResizableContainers(ns, name, timeStamp string, tcInfo []ResizableContainerInfo) *v1.Pod {
 	testInitContainers, testContainers := separateContainers(tcInfo)
 
-	var minGracePeriodSeconds int64 = MinimumGracePeriodSeconds
+	minGracePeriodSeconds := kuberuntime.MinimumGracePeriodInSeconds
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
@@ -354,7 +355,8 @@ func VerifyPodContainersCgroupValues(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework
 			}
 			errs = append(errs, VerifyCgroupValue(f, pod, ci.Name, cgroupCPULimit, expectedCPULimitString))
 			errs = append(errs, VerifyCgroupValue(f, pod, ci.Name, cgroupCPURequest, strconv.FormatInt(expectedCPUShares, 10)))
-			//TODO(vinaykul,InPlacePodVerticalScaling): Verify oom_score_adj when runc adds support for updating it
+			// TODO(vinaykul,InPlacePodVerticalScaling): Verify oom_score_adj when runc adds support for updating it
+			// See https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/4669
 		}
 	}
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
@@ -425,8 +427,12 @@ func WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podC
 		})),
 	)
 
-	// Wait 2x termination grace period to catch any restarts - expected or not
-	time.Sleep(time.Duration(*pod.Spec.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds*2) * time.Second)
+	// Wait min(3 x termination grace period, MinRestartWaitPeriod) to catch any restarts - expected or not
+	containerRestartWaitPeriod := int(*pod.Spec.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds) * 3
+	if containerRestartWaitPeriod < MinRestartWaitPeriod {
+		containerRestartWaitPeriod = MinRestartWaitPeriod
+	}
+	time.Sleep(time.Duration(containerRestartWaitPeriod) * time.Second)
 	resizedPod, err := framework.GetObject(podClient.Get, pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})(ctx)
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to get resized pod")
 	return resizedPod
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/utils.go
index 824c1ada969..1c4cb50d8de 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/utils.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func VerifyCgroupValue(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, cName, cgPath, expec
 // has the expected value in specified container of the pod. It execs into the container,
 // reads the oom_score_adj value from procfs, and compares it against the expected value.
 func VerifyOomScoreAdjValue(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, cName, expectedOomScoreAdj string) error {
-	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("cat /proc/1/oom_score_adj")
+	cmd := "cat /proc/1/oom_score_adj"
 	framework.Logf("Namespace %s Pod %s Container %s - looking for oom_score_adj value %s",
 		pod.Namespace, pod.Name, cName, expectedOomScoreAdj)
 	oomScoreAdj, _, err := ExecCommandInContainerWithFullOutput(f, pod.Name, cName, "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd)