diff --git a/test/integration/test/deck_test.go b/test/integration/test/deck_test.go
index 03270bab5..60572da99 100644
--- a/test/integration/test/deck_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/test/deck_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -358,7 +357,10 @@ func TestDeckTenantIDs(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRerun(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	const rerunJobConfigFile = "rerun-test.yaml"
+
 	jobName := "rerun-test-job-" + RandomString(t)
+	prowJobSelector := labels.SelectorFromSet(map[string]string{kube.ProwJobAnnotation: jobName})
+
 	var rerunJobConfigTemplate = `periodics:
 - interval: 1h
   name: %s
@@ -379,137 +381,137 @@ func TestRerun(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed creating clients for cluster %q: %v", clusterContext, err)
 	}
 
-	rerunJobConfig := fmt.Sprintf(rerunJobConfigTemplate, jobName, "foo")
-	if err := updateJobConfig(context.Background(), kubeClient, rerunJobConfigFile, []byte(rerunJobConfig)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed update job config: %v", err)
-	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	// Now we are waiting on Horologium to create the first prow job so that we
-	// can rerun from.
-	// Horologium itself is pretty good at handling the configmap update, but
-	// not kubelet, according to
-	// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/30189 kubelet syncs
-	// configmap updates on existing pods every minute, which is a long wait.
-	// The proposed fix in the issue was updating the deployment, which imo
-	// should be better handled by just refreshing pods.
-	// So here comes forcing restart of horologium pods.
-	if err := refreshProwPods(kubeClient, context.Background(), "horologium"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed refreshing horologium pods: %v", err)
-	}
-	// Same with deck
-	if err := refreshProwPods(kubeClient, context.Background(), "deck"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed refreshing deck pods: %v", err)
+	redeployJobConfig := func(jobConfig string) {
+		if err := updateJobConfig(ctx, kubeClient, rerunJobConfigFile, []byte(jobConfig)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed update job config: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Now we are waiting on Horologium to create the first prow job so that we
+		// can rerun from.
+		// Horologium itself is pretty good at handling the configmap update, but
+		// not kubelet, according to
+		// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/30189 kubelet syncs
+		// configmap updates on existing pods every minute, which is a long wait.
+		// It's quicker to rollout the affected Deployments.
+		if err := rolloutDeployment(t, ctx, kubeClient, "horologium"); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed rolling out Horologium: %v", err)
+		}
+		// Same with deck
+		if err := rolloutDeployment(t, ctx, kubeClient, "deck"); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed rolling out Deck: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
+	// Deploy the initial template with "foo" as the label.
+	redeployJobConfig(fmt.Sprintf(rerunJobConfigTemplate, jobName, "foo"))
+
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		if err := updateJobConfig(context.Background(), kubeClient, rerunJobConfigFile, []byte{}); err != nil {
+		if err := updateJobConfig(ctx, kubeClient, rerunJobConfigFile, []byte{}); err != nil {
 			t.Logf("ERROR CLEANUP: %v", err)
 		}
-		labels, err := labels.Parse("prow.k8s.io/job = " + jobName)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Logf("Skip cleaning up jobs, as failed parsing label: %v", err)
-			return
+		// Prevent horologium from immediately creating the "missing" ProwJob after the
+		// DeleteAll call further down, because horologium still runs with the last
+		// non-empty configuration (foo=bar).
+		if err := rolloutDeployment(t, ctx, kubeClient, "horologium"); err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Failed rolling out Horologium: %v", err)
 		}
-		if err := kubeClient.DeleteAllOf(context.Background(), &prowjobv1.ProwJob{}, &ctrlruntimeclient.DeleteAllOfOptions{
-			ListOptions: ctrlruntimeclient.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labels},
+		if err := kubeClient.DeleteAllOf(ctx, &prowjobv1.ProwJob{}, &ctrlruntimeclient.DeleteAllOfOptions{
+			ListOptions: ctrlruntimeclient.ListOptions{
+				Namespace:     defaultNamespace,
+				LabelSelector: prowJobSelector,
+			},
 		}); err != nil {
 			t.Logf("ERROR CLEANUP: %v", err)
 		}
 	})
-	ctx := context.Background()
+
 	getLatestJob := func(t *testing.T, jobName string, lastRun *v1.Time) *prowjobv1.ProwJob {
 		var res *prowjobv1.ProwJob
 		if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, time.Second, 90*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 			pjs := &prowjobv1.ProwJobList{}
-			err = kubeClient.List(ctx, pjs, &ctrlruntimeclient.ListOptions{
-				LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(map[string]string{kube.ProwJobAnnotation: jobName}),
+			err := kubeClient.List(ctx, pjs, &ctrlruntimeclient.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: prowJobSelector,
 				Namespace:     defaultNamespace,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, fmt.Errorf("failed listing prow jobs: %w", err)
 			}
+
 			sort.Slice(pjs.Items, func(i, j int) bool {
-				revi, _ := strconv.Atoi(pjs.Items[i].ResourceVersion)
-				revj, _ := strconv.Atoi(pjs.Items[j].ResourceVersion)
-				return revi > revj
+				createdi := pjs.Items[i].CreationTimestamp
+				createdj := pjs.Items[j].CreationTimestamp
+				return createdj.Before(&createdi)
 			})
+
 			if len(pjs.Items) > 0 {
 				if lastRun != nil && pjs.Items[0].CreationTimestamp.Before(lastRun) {
 					return false, nil
 				}
 				res = &pjs.Items[0]
 			}
+
 			return res != nil, nil
 		}); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Failed waiting for job %q: %v", jobName, err)
 		}
 		return res
 	}
-	rerun := func(t *testing.T, jobName string, mode string) {
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost/rerun?mode=%v&prowjob=%v", mode, jobName), nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Could not generate a request %v", err)
-		}
 
-		// Deck might not have been informed about the job config update, retry
-		// for this case.
-		waitDur := time.Second * 5
-		var lastErr error
-		for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-			lastErr = nil
-			res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
-			if err != nil {
-				lastErr = fmt.Errorf("could not make post request %v", err)
-				res.Body.Close()
-				break
-			}
-			// The only retry condition is status not ok
-			if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-				lastErr = fmt.Errorf("status not expected: %d", res.StatusCode)
-				res.Body.Close()
-				waitDur *= 2
-				time.Sleep(waitDur)
-				continue
-			}
-			body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				lastErr = fmt.Errorf("could not read body response %v", err)
-				res.Body.Close()
-				break
-			}
-			t.Logf("Response body: %s", string(body))
-			break
-		}
-		if lastErr != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Failed trigger rerun: %v", lastErr)
-		}
-	}
-	jobToRerun := getLatestJob(t, jobName, nil)
-	rerunJobConfig = fmt.Sprintf(rerunJobConfigTemplate, jobName, "bar")
-	if err := updateJobConfig(context.Background(), kubeClient, rerunJobConfigFile, []byte(rerunJobConfig)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed update job config: %v", err)
-	}
-	var passed bool
-	// It may take some time for the new ProwJob to show up, so we will
-	// check every 30s interval three times for it to appear
-	latestRun := jobToRerun
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-		time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
-		rerun(t, jobToRerun.Name, "latest")
-		if latestRun = getLatestJob(t, jobName, &latestRun.CreationTimestamp); latestRun.Labels["foo"] == "bar" {
-			passed = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	if !passed {
-		t.Fatal("Expected updated job.")
+	// Wait for the first job to be created by horologium.
+	initialJob := getLatestJob(t, jobName, nil)
+
+	// Update the job configuration with a new label.
+	redeployJobConfig(fmt.Sprintf(rerunJobConfigTemplate, jobName, "bar"))
+
+	// Rerun the job using the latest config.
+	rerunJob(t, ctx, initialJob.Name, "latest")
+
+	// Wait until the desired ProwJob shows up.
+	latestJob := getLatestJob(t, jobName, &initialJob.CreationTimestamp)
+	if latestJob.Labels["foo"] != "bar" {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed waiting for ProwJob %q using latest config with foo=bar.", jobName)
 	}
 
+	// Prevent Deck from being too fast and recreating the new job in the same second
+	// as the previous one.
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+
 	// Deck scheduled job from latest configuration, rerun with "original"
 	// should still go with original configuration.
-	rerun(t, jobToRerun.Name, "original")
-	if latestRun := getLatestJob(t, jobName, &latestRun.CreationTimestamp); latestRun.Labels["foo"] != "foo" {
-		t.Fatalf("Job label mismatch. Want: 'foo', got: '%s'", latestRun.Labels["foo"])
+	rerunJob(t, ctx, initialJob.Name, "original")
+
+	originalJob := getLatestJob(t, jobName, &latestJob.CreationTimestamp)
+	if originalJob.Labels["foo"] != "foo" {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed waiting for ProwJob %q using original config with foo=foo.", jobName)
+	}
+}
+
+func rerunJob(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, jobName string, mode string) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost/rerun?mode=%v&prowjob=%v", mode, jobName), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not generate a request %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Deck might not be fully ready yet, so we must retry.
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, time.Second, 10*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("could not make post request: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer res.Body.Close()
+
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Failed to read response body: %v", err)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		t.Logf("Response body: %s", string(body))
+
+		return res.StatusCode == http.StatusOK, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to rerun job %q with %s config: %v", jobName, mode, err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test/horologium_test.go b/test/integration/test/horologium_test.go
index ca6861ea5..0fbe517ba 100644
--- a/test/integration/test/horologium_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/test/horologium_test.go
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ func TestLaunchProwJob(t *testing.T) {
 	// not kubelet, according to
 	// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/30189 kubelet syncs
 	// configmap updates on existing pods every minute, which is a long wait.
-	// The proposed fix in the issue was updating the deployment, which imo
-	// should be better handled by just refreshing pods.
-	// So here comes forcing restart of horologium pods.
-	if err := refreshProwPods(kubeClient, context.Background(), "horologium"); err != nil {
+	// It's quicker to rollout the affected Deployments.
+	if err := rolloutDeployment(t, context.Background(), kubeClient, "horologium"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed refreshing horologium pods: %v", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test/setup.go b/test/integration/test/setup.go
index e40e34819..4667437ef 100644
--- a/test/integration/test/setup.go
+++ b/test/integration/test/setup.go
@@ -21,14 +21,18 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	coreapi "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
@@ -106,20 +110,55 @@ func getPodLogs(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace, podName string, opts
 	return str, nil
 }
 
-func refreshProwPods(client ctrlruntimeclient.Client, ctx context.Context, name string) error {
+func rolloutDeployment(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, client ctrlruntimeclient.Client, name string) error {
 	prowComponentsMux.Lock()
 	defer prowComponentsMux.Unlock()
 
-	var pods coreapi.PodList
-	labels, _ := labels.Parse("app = " + name)
-	if err := client.List(ctx, &pods, &ctrlruntimeclient.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labels}); err != nil {
-		return err
+	var depl appsv1.Deployment
+	if err := client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: name, Namespace: defaultNamespace}, &depl); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get Deployment: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if replicas := depl.Spec.Replicas; replicas == nil || *replicas < 1 {
+		return errors.New("cannot restart a Deployment with zero replicas.")
+	}
+
+	labels := depl.Spec.Template.Labels
+	if labels == nil {
+		// This should never happen.
+		labels = map[string]string{}
+	}
+	labels["restart"] = RandomString(t)
+
+	t.Logf("Restarting %s...", name)
+	if err := client.Update(ctx, &depl); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update Deployment: %w", err)
 	}
-	for _, pod := range pods.Items {
-		if err := client.Delete(ctx, &pod); err != nil {
-			return err
+
+	timeout := 30 * time.Second
+	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, time.Second, timeout, false, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		var current appsv1.Deployment
+		if err := client.Get(ctx, ctrlruntimeclient.ObjectKeyFromObject(&depl), &current); err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get current Deployment: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		replicas := current.Spec.Replicas
+		if replicas == nil || *replicas < 1 {
+			// This should never happen.
+			return false, errors.New("Deployment has no replicas defined")
 		}
+
+		ready := true &&
+			current.Status.AvailableReplicas == *replicas &&
+			current.Status.ReadyReplicas == *replicas &&
+			current.Status.UpdatedReplicas == *replicas &&
+			current.Status.UnavailableReplicas == 0
+
+		return ready, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Deployment did not fully roll out after %v: %w", timeout, err)
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }