diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-assert.yaml
index dbf238f..038fa75 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-assert.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,26 @@
 apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
 kind: TestAssert
 timeout: 120
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
-metadata:
-  name: test
-status:
-  readyReplicas: 1
-  replicas: 1
+commands:
+  - script: |
+      # N.B. due to breaking change https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/pull/519
+      # version >=0.17 of Kuttl is required for paths to be resolved consistently.
+      # For local testing, either use nix-shell before running the test script
+      # or upgrade kuttl as needed (with e.g. kubectl krew upgrade kuttl)
+      . ./test-script.sh
+
+      # Wait for the StatefulSet to be deployed
+      kubectl rollout status statefulset/test --namespace "$NAMESPACE"
+
+      # Check the initial status to detect some typos in the test setup
+
+      assert_revision 1 configmap-not-ignored-subpath
+      assert_revision 1 secret-not-ignored-subpath
+      assert_revision 1 configmap-self-ignored-subpath
+      assert_revision 1 secret-self-ignored-subpath
+      assert_revision 1 configmap-self-ignored
+      assert_revision 1 secret-self-ignored
+      assert_revision 1 configmap-ignored-in-statefulset-subpath
+      assert_revision 1 secret-ignored-in-statefulset-subpath
+      assert_revision 1 configmap-ignored-in-statefulset
+      assert_revision 1 secret-ignored-in-statefulset
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-create-test-resources.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-create-test-resources.yaml
index 0bc86fc..ba24fa7 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-create-test-resources.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/10-create-test-resources.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: configmap-self-ignored
-  annotations:
+  labels:
     restarter.stackable.tech/ignore: "true"
 data:
   revision: "1"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: secret-self-ignored
-  annotations:
+  labels:
     restarter.stackable.tech/ignore: "true"
 stringData:
   revision: "1"
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ metadata:
   name: test
   labels:
     restarter.stackable.tech/enabled: "true"
+  annotations:
     restarter.stackable.tech/ignore-configmap.0: configmap-ignored-in-statefulset
     restarter.stackable.tech/ignore-secret.0: secret-ignored-in-statefulset
 spec:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/20-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/20-assert.yaml
index 42f197f..6ae76e5 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/20-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/20-assert.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ kind: TestAssert
 timeout: 180
 commands:
   - script: |
-      . ../../../../templates/kuttl/restarter/test-script.sh
+      . ./test-script.sh
+
+      # Wait for a possible restart of the test pod.
+      # The restarter controller is expected to ignore the changes in this step, so no restart
+      # should occur. However, if a restart does happen (due to a controller bug or test issue),
+      # wait here so we can verify assertions after the restart and ensure this test step fails
+      # reliably.
+      sleep 10
 
       # Resources mounted via subPath are not hot-reloaded by Kubernetes.
       # It is expected, that the restart controller ignored the annotated resources and that only
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/21-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/21-assert.yaml
index 974de6f..dc66b6a 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/21-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/restarter/21-assert.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: TestAssert
 timeout: 180
 commands:
   - script: |
-      . ../../../../templates/kuttl/restarter/test-script.sh
+      . ./test-script.sh
 
       # After a restart, all resources should have been updated.