diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
index 76ee44ae9c7da..66cd4eefbe947 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
@@ -822,6 +822,10 @@ def await_xcom_sidecar_container_start(
             if self.container_is_running(pod, PodDefaults.SIDECAR_CONTAINER_NAME):
                 self.log.info("The xcom sidecar container has started.")
                 break
+            if self.container_is_terminated(pod, PodDefaults.SIDECAR_CONTAINER_NAME):
+                raise AirflowException(
+                    "Xcom sidecar container is already terminated! Not possible to read xcom output of task."
+                )
             if (time.time() - last_log_time) >= log_interval:
                 self.log.warning(
                     "Still waiting for the xcom sidecar container to start. Elapsed time: %d seconds.",
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py
index c682310fba1cf..0ffbbd709bf75 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/utils/test_pod_manager.py
@@ -646,13 +646,35 @@ def test_extract_xcom_none(self, mock_exec_xcom_kill, mock_kubernetes_stream):
             self.pod_manager.extract_xcom(pod=mock_pod)
         assert mock_exec_xcom_kill.call_count == 1
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.PodManager.container_is_terminated")
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.PodManager.container_is_running")
-    def test_await_xcom_sidecar_container_timeout(self, mock_container_is_running):
+    def test_await_xcom_sidecar_container_timeout(
+        self, mock_container_is_running, mock_container_is_terminated
+    ):
         mock_pod = MagicMock()
         mock_container_is_running.return_value = False
+        mock_container_is_terminated.return_value = False
         with pytest.raises(AirflowException):
             self.pod_manager.await_xcom_sidecar_container_start(pod=mock_pod, timeout=10, log_interval=5)
         mock_container_is_running.assert_any_call(mock_pod, "airflow-xcom-sidecar")
+        mock_container_is_terminated.assert_any_call(mock_pod, "airflow-xcom-sidecar")
+
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.PodManager.container_is_terminated")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.PodManager.container_is_running")
+    def test_await_xcom_sidecar_container_terminated(
+        self, mock_container_is_running, mock_container_is_terminated
+    ):
+        mock_pod = MagicMock()
+        mock_container_is_running.return_value = False
+        mock_container_is_terminated.return_value = True
+        match_error = (
+            "Xcom sidecar container is already terminated! Not possible to read xcom output of task."
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match=match_error):
+            self.pod_manager.await_xcom_sidecar_container_start(pod=mock_pod, timeout=10, log_interval=5)
+
+        mock_container_is_running.assert_any_call(mock_pod, "airflow-xcom-sidecar")
+        mock_container_is_terminated.assert_any_call(mock_pod, "airflow-xcom-sidecar")
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.PodManager.container_is_running")
     def test_await_xcom_sidecar_container_starts(self, mock_container_is_running):