diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/job.go b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
index 8b957d9f8b3..fa5a0be193c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/job.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/scheduling"
 	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -817,8 +818,45 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Job", func() {
 		gomega.Expect(jobs.Items).To(gomega.BeEmpty(), "Found job %v", jobName)
 	})
 
+	ginkgo.It("should update the status ready field", func(ctx context.Context) {
+		ginkgo.By("Creating a job with suspend=true")
+		job := e2ejob.NewTestJob("notTerminate", "all-ready", v1.RestartPolicyNever, parallelism, completions, nil, backoffLimit)
+		job.Spec.Suspend = ptr.To[bool](true)
+		job, err := e2ejob.CreateJob(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create job in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
+
+		ginkgo.By("Ensure the job controller updates the status.ready field")
+		err = e2ejob.WaitForJobReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name, ptr.To[int32](0))
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to ensure job status ready field in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
+
+		ginkgo.By("Updating the job with suspend=false")
+		err = updateJobSuspendWithRetries(ctx, f, job, ptr.To[bool](false))
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to update job in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
+
+		ginkgo.By("Ensure the job controller updates the status.ready field")
+		err = e2ejob.WaitForJobReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name, &parallelism)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to ensure job status ready field in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
+
+		ginkgo.By("Updating the job with suspend=true")
+		err = updateJobSuspendWithRetries(ctx, f, job, ptr.To[bool](true))
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to update job in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
+
+		ginkgo.By("Ensure the job controller updates the status.ready field")
+		err = e2ejob.WaitForJobReady(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name, ptr.To[int32](0))
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to ensure job status ready field in namespace: %s", f.Namespace.Name)
+	})
 })
 
+func updateJobSuspendWithRetries(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, job *batchv1.Job, suspend *bool) error {
+	return retry.RetryOnConflict(retry.DefaultRetry, func() error {
+		job, err := e2ejob.GetJob(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job.Name)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "unable to get job %s in namespace %s", job.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
+		job.Spec.Suspend = suspend
+		_, err = e2ejob.UpdateJob(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, job)
+		return err
+	})
+}
+
 // waitForJobEvent is used to track and log Job events.
 // As delivery of events is not actually guaranteed we
 // will not return an error if we miss the required event.
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/job/wait.go b/test/e2e/framework/job/wait.go
index 3f94dc03182..017de1ce599 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/job/wait.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/job/wait.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package job
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
@@ -27,8 +28,17 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/format"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
+// JobState is used to verify if Job matches a particular condition.
+// If it matches, an empty string is returned.
+// Otherwise, the string explains why the condition is not matched.
+// This should be a short string. A dump of the job object will
+// get added by the caller.
+type JobState func(job *batchv1.Job) string
+
 // WaitForJobPodsRunning wait for all pods for the Job named JobName in namespace ns to become Running.  Only use
 // when pods will run for a long time, or it will be racy.
 func WaitForJobPodsRunning(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, ns, jobName string, expectedCount int32) error {
@@ -68,6 +78,16 @@ func WaitForJobComplete(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, ns, jobName
 	})
 }
 
+// WaitForJobReady waits for particular value of the Job .status.ready field
+func WaitForJobReady(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, ns, jobName string, ready *int32) error {
+	return WaitForJobState(ctx, c, ns, jobName, JobTimeout, func(job *batchv1.Job) string {
+		if ptr.Equal(ready, job.Status.Ready) {
+			return ""
+		}
+		return "job does not match intended ready status"
+	})
+}
+
 // WaitForJobFailed uses c to wait for the Job jobName in namespace ns to fail
 func WaitForJobFailed(c clientset.Interface, ns, jobName string) error {
 	return wait.PollImmediate(framework.Poll, JobTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
@@ -133,3 +153,20 @@ func WaitForAllJobPodsGone(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, ns, jobNa
 		return len(pods.Items) == 0, nil
 	})
 }
+
+// WaitForJobState waits for a job to be matched to the given condition.
+// The condition callback may use gomega.StopTrying to abort early.
+func WaitForJobState(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, ns, jobName string, timeout time.Duration, state JobState) error {
+	return framework.Gomega().
+		Eventually(ctx, framework.RetryNotFound(framework.GetObject(c.BatchV1().Jobs(ns).Get, jobName, metav1.GetOptions{}))).
+		WithTimeout(timeout).
+		Should(framework.MakeMatcher(func(job *batchv1.Job) (func() string, error) {
+			matches := state(job)
+			if matches == "" {
+				return nil, nil
+			}
+			return func() string {
+				return fmt.Sprintf("%v\n%s", matches, format.Object(job, 1))
+			}, nil
+		}))
+}