diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 30c29824..a3b1b42f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ update: manifests kustomize ## Install CRDs into the K8s cluster specified in ~/
 uninstall: manifests kustomize ## Uninstall CRDs from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config. Call with ignore-not-found=true to ignore resource not found errors during deletion.
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd | $(KUBECTL) delete --ignore-not-found=$(ignore-not-found) -f -
 
+.PHONY: reinstall
+reinstall: uninstall install ## Reinstall CRDs from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
+
 .PHONY: deploy
 deploy: manifests kustomize ## Deploy controller to the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
 	cd config/manager && $(KUSTOMIZE) edit set image controller=${IMG}
diff --git a/test/e2e/ytsaurus_controller_test.go b/test/e2e/ytsaurus_controller_test.go
index 01765e34..267b4055 100644
--- a/test/e2e/ytsaurus_controller_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/ytsaurus_controller_test.go
@@ -633,25 +633,29 @@ func deployAndCheck(ytsaurus *ytv1.Ytsaurus, namespace string) {
 func getSimpleUpdateScenario(namespace, newImage string) func(ctx context.Context) {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) {
 		By("Creating a Ytsaurus resource")
-
 		ytsaurus := ytv1.CreateBaseYtsaurusResource(namespace)
 		DeferCleanup(deleteYtsaurus, ytsaurus)
 		name := types.NamespacedName{Name: ytsaurus.GetName(), Namespace: namespace}
 		deployAndCheck(ytsaurus, namespace)
 
 		By("Run cluster update")
-
+		podsBeforeUpdate := getComponentPods(ctx, namespace)
 		Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, name, ytsaurus)).Should(Succeed())
 		ytsaurus.Spec.CoreImage = newImage
 		Expect(k8sClient.Update(ctx, ytsaurus)).Should(Succeed())
 		EventuallyYtsaurus(ctx, name, reactionTimeout).Should(HaveClusterState(ytv1.ClusterStateUpdating))
 
 		By("Wait cluster update complete")
-
 		EventuallyYtsaurus(ctx, name, upgradeTimeout).Should(HaveClusterState(ytv1.ClusterStateRunning))
 		g := ytconfig.NewGenerator(ytsaurus, "local")
 		ytClient := getYtClient(g, namespace)
 		checkClusterBaseViability(ytClient)
+
+		podsAfterFullUpdate := getComponentPods(ctx, namespace)
+		podDiff := diffPodsCreation(podsBeforeUpdate, podsAfterFullUpdate)
+		Expect(podDiff.created.IsEmpty()).To(BeTrue(), "unexpected pod diff created %v", podDiff.created)
+		Expect(podDiff.deleted.IsEmpty()).To(BeTrue(), "unexpected pod diff deleted %v", podDiff.deleted)
+		Expect(podDiff.recreated.Equal(NewStringSetFromMap(podsBeforeUpdate))).To(BeTrue(), "unexpected pod diff recreated %v", podDiff.recreated)
 	}
 }