diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4858800400..26806e40d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 ## Release 123.0.1 (in development)
 
+### Bug fixes
+
+- [#3827](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/issues/3827)
+  Handle an issue with duplicate pods in CRI during a static pod update,
+  preventing upgrades to 123.0.0 when using an inconsistent registry HA setup
+  (PR[#3828](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/pull/3828))
+
 ## Release 123.0.0
 
 ### Additions
diff --git a/salt/_modules/cri.py b/salt/_modules/cri.py
index 5594e75fe3..ecffadf971 100644
--- a/salt/_modules/cri.py
+++ b/salt/_modules/cri.py
@@ -340,8 +340,13 @@ def wait_pod(
     start_time = time.time()
 
     while time.time() - start_time < timeout:
-        current_id = get_pod_id(name=name, state=state, ignore_not_found=True)
-        if current_id and current_id != last_id:
+        current_ids = get_pod_id(
+            name=name,
+            state=state,
+            ignore_not_found=True,
+            multiple=True,  # We may have two during a replacement
+        )
+        if current_ids and last_id not in current_ids:
             return True
         remaining = timeout + start_time - time.time()
         if remaining < sleep:  # Don't sleep if we know it's going to time out
diff --git a/salt/tests/unit/modules/files/test_cri.yaml b/salt/tests/unit/modules/files/test_cri.yaml
index b68b412259..210f23d7a6 100644
--- a/salt/tests/unit/modules/files/test_cri.yaml
+++ b/salt/tests/unit/modules/files/test_cri.yaml
@@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ wait_pod:
     pod_ids:
     - null
     - null
-    - abc123
+    - [abc123]
     result: True
-  # 1. Pod was updated
+  # 1. Pod was updated (simple delete then create)
   - name: example
     timeout: 5
     sleep: 1
     last_id: abc123
     pod_ids:
-    - abc123
+    - [abc123]
     - null
-    - def456
+    - [def456]
     result: True
   # 2. Some crictl error (raise)
   - name: example
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ wait_pod:
     sleep: 1
     last_id: abc123
     pod_ids:
-    - abc123
+    - [abc123]
     - null
     - null
     raises: True
@@ -174,7 +174,17 @@ wait_pod:
     last_id: abc123
     raise_on_timeout: False
     pod_ids:
-    - abc123
+    - [abc123]
     - null
     - null
     result: False
+  # 6. Pod was updated (create then delete)
+  - name: example
+    timeout: 5
+    sleep: 1
+    last_id: abc123
+    pod_ids:
+    - [abc123]
+    - [abc123, def456]
+    - [def456]
+    result: True
diff --git a/salt/tests/unit/modules/test_cri.py b/salt/tests/unit/modules/test_cri.py
index 2bc163747b..3ec7253906 100644
--- a/salt/tests/unit/modules/test_cri.py
+++ b/salt/tests/unit/modules/test_cri.py
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ def pod_ids_mock(*a, **k):
                     name=kwargs.get("name"),
                     state=kwargs.get("state", "ready"),
                     ignore_not_found=True,
+                    multiple=True,
                 ),
             )
             if pod_ids_raise: