diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/job.go b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
index 7a2010c0432..163eaaed2ee 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Job", func() {
 	ginkgo.It("should delete pods when suspended", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Creating a job with suspend=false")
 		job := e2ejob.NewTestJob("notTerminate", "suspend-false-to-true", v1.RestartPolicyNever, parallelism, completions, nil, backoffLimit)
-		job.Spec.Suspend = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		job.Spec.Suspend = pointer.Bool(false)
 		job, err := e2ejob.CreateJob(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create job in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
 
@@ -150,10 +150,22 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Job", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to ensure number of pods associated with job %s is equal to parallelism count in namespace: %s", job.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Updating the job with suspend=true")
-		job, err = e2ejob.GetJob(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to retrieve latest job object")
-		job.Spec.Suspend = pointer.BoolPtr(true)
-		job, err = e2ejob.UpdateJob(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job)
+		err = wait.PollImmediate(framework.Poll, framework.SingleCallTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+			job, err = e2ejob.GetJob(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
+			job.Spec.Suspend = pointer.Bool(true)
+			updatedJob, err := e2ejob.UpdateJob(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job)
+			if err == nil {
+				job = updatedJob
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			if apierrors.IsConflict(err) {
+				return false, nil
+			}
+			return false, err
+		})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to update job in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Ensuring pods are deleted")