diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
index 08fdd840dc120f34ab6d303b2013928719c9483c..28a7b12e8b2203496e870fbd67641cd854bbbe0d 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ package theodolite.benchmark
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import mu.KotlinLogging
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.NewTopic
 import theodolite.k8s.K8sManager
 import theodolite.k8s.TopicManager
 import theodolite.util.KafkaConfig
 
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
 /**
  * Organizes the deployment of benchmarks in Kubernetes.
  *
@@ -26,7 +29,8 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
 ) : BenchmarkDeployment {
     private val kafkaController = TopicManager(this.kafkaConfig)
     private val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(client)
-    private val LABEL = "app.kubernetes.io/name=kafka-lag-exporter"
+    private val LAG_EXPORTER_POD_LABEL = "app.kubernetes.io/name=kafka-lag-exporter"
+    private val SLEEP_AFTER_K8S_DELETION_MS = 2000L
 
     /**
      * Setup a [KubernetesBenchmark] using the [TopicManager] and the [K8sManager]:
@@ -52,7 +56,9 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
         resources.forEach {
             kubernetesManager.remove(it)
         }
+        logger.info { "Kubernetes resources deleted. Allow for short pause before continuing." }
+        Thread.sleep(SLEEP_AFTER_K8S_DELETION_MS)
         kafkaController.removeTopics(this.topics.map { topic -> topic.name })
-        KafkaLagExporterRemover(client).remove(LABEL)
+        KafkaLagExporterRemover(client).remove(LAG_EXPORTER_POD_LABEL)
     }
 }