diff --git a/researchowl/postsync-smoke-test.yaml b/researchowl/postsync-smoke-test.yaml
index 8f09c64..a7ed4f9 100644
--- a/researchowl/postsync-smoke-test.yaml
+++ b/researchowl/postsync-smoke-test.yaml
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ spec:
                 --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
                 --cacert "$CACERT" \
                 "$K8S_API/apis/apps/v1/namespaces/researchowl/deployments/researchowl") || true
-              READY=$(echo "$DEPLOY" | grep -o '"readyReplicas":[0-9]*' | grep -o '[0-9]*' || echo "0")
-              [ "${READY:-0}" -ge 1 ] && break
+              READY=$(echo "$DEPLOY" | grep -o '"readyReplicas":[0-9]*\|"availableReplicas":[0-9]*' | grep -o '[0-9]*' | head -1 || echo "0")
+              ([ "${READY:-0}" -ge 1 ] || echo "$DEPLOY" | grep -q "MinimumReplicasAvailable") && break
               echo "Waiting... readyReplicas=${READY:-0} (attempt $i/12)"
               sleep 5
             done
-            [ "${READY:-0}" -ge 1 ] || fail "readyReplicas=${READY:-0} after 60s (expected >= 1)"
+            ([ "${READY:-0}" -ge 1 ] || echo "$DEPLOY" | grep -q "MinimumReplicasAvailable") || fail "readyReplicas=${READY:-0} after 60s (expected >= 1)"
             echo "readyReplicas=$READY — OK"
 
             notify "[OK] researchowl PostSync passed — deployment ready"