diff --git a/cmd/tnf-setup-runner/main.go b/cmd/tnf-setup-runner/main.go
index 8452dad92..fbf6b2568 100644
--- a/cmd/tnf-setup-runner/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tnf-setup-runner/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	tnfauth "github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/auth"
 	tnffencing "github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/fencing"
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/pkg/tools"
+	tnfrestartetcd "github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/restart-etcd"
 	tnfsetup "github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/setup"
 )
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func NewTnfSetupRunnerCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.AddCommand(NewSetupCommand())
 	cmd.AddCommand(NewAfterSetupCommand())
 	cmd.AddCommand(NewFencingCommand())
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewRestartEtcdCommand())
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -113,3 +115,16 @@ func NewFencingCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func NewRestartEtcdCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   tools.JobTypeRestartEtcd.GetSubCommand(),
+		Short: "Run restart etcd steps for cert change",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			err := tnfrestartetcd.RunEtcdRestart()
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tnf/operator/starter.go b/pkg/tnf/operator/starter.go
index a40681f88..037d899da 100644
--- a/pkg/tnf/operator/starter.go
+++ b/pkg/tnf/operator/starter.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/operator/ceohelpers"
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/operator/externaletcdsupportcontroller"
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/operator/operatorclient"
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tlshelpers"
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/pkg/jobs"
 	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/pkg/tools"
 )
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ var (
 	fencingUpdateTriggered bool
 	// fencingUpdateMutex is used to make usage of fencingUpdateTriggered thread safe
 	fencingUpdateMutex sync.Mutex
+	// etcdCertUpdateTriggered is set to true when a etcd cert update is already triggered
+	etcdCertUpdateTriggered bool
+	// etcdCertUpdateMutex is used to make usage of etcdCertUpdateTriggered thread safe
+	etcdCertUpdateMutex sync.Mutex
 )
 
 // HandleDualReplicaClusters checks feature gate and control plane topology,
@@ -105,6 +110,7 @@ func HandleDualReplicaClusters(
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
 			handleFencingSecretChange(ctx, kubeClient, oldObj, newObj)
+			handleEtcdCertChange(ctx, controllerContext, operatorClient, kubeInformersForNamespaces, controlPlaneNodeLister, kubeClient, oldObj, newObj)
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 			handleFencingSecretChange(ctx, kubeClient, nil, obj)
@@ -275,6 +281,128 @@ func runJobController(ctx context.Context, jobType tools.JobType, nodeName *stri
 	go tnfJobController.Run(ctx, 1)
 }
 
+func handleEtcdCertChange(ctx context.Context, controllerContext *controllercmd.ControllerContext, operatorClient v1helpers.StaticPodOperatorClient, kubeInformersForNamespaces v1helpers.KubeInformersForNamespaces, controlPlaneNodeLister corev1listers.NodeLister, client kubernetes.Interface, oldObj, obj interface{}) {
+	secret, ok := obj.(*corev1.Secret)
+	if !ok {
+		klog.Warningf("failed to convert added / modified / deleted object to Secret %+v", obj)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if secret.GetName() != tlshelpers.EtcdAllCertsSecretName {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var oldSecret *corev1.Secret
+	if oldObj != nil {
+		oldSecret, ok = oldObj.(*corev1.Secret)
+		if !ok {
+			klog.Warningf("failed to convert old object to Secret %+v", oldObj)
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Nothing to do, no old cert was found, things should have progressed as normal
+		// Might need to revisit this in the future if some edge case is found
+		return
+	}
+
+	certsChanged := false
+	for key, oldValue := range oldSecret.Data {
+		newValue, exists := secret.Data[key]
+		if !exists || !bytes.Equal(oldValue, newValue) {
+			klog.Infof("etcd certs changed, restarting etcd")
+			certsChanged = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !certsChanged {
+		klog.Infof("etcd certs did not change, skipping restart of podman-etcd")
+		return
+	}
+	klog.Infof("etcd certs changed, restarting etcd")
+
+	etcdCertUpdateMutex.Lock()
+	if etcdCertUpdateTriggered {
+		klog.Infof("etcd cert update triggered already, skipping recreation of etcd job for secret %s", secret.GetName())
+		etcdCertUpdateMutex.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+	etcdCertUpdateTriggered = true
+	etcdCertUpdateMutex.Unlock()
+
+	defer func() {
+		etcdCertUpdateMutex.Lock()
+		etcdCertUpdateTriggered = false
+		etcdCertUpdateMutex.Unlock()
+	}()
+
+	nodeList, err := controlPlaneNodeLister.List(labels.Everything())
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("failed to list control plane nodes while waiting to create TNF jobs: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if len(nodeList) != 2 {
+		klog.Info("not starting TNF jobs yet, waiting for 2 control plane nodes to exist")
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, node := range nodeList {
+		runJobController(ctx, tools.JobTypeRestartEtcd, &node.Name, controllerContext, operatorClient, client, kubeInformersForNamespaces)
+	}
+
+	jobsFound := false
+	jobsDone := map[string]bool{}
+
+	// helper func for waiting for a running job
+	// finished = Complete, Failed, or not found
+	isResrtartJobFinished := func(context.Context) (finished bool, returnErr error) {
+		var err error
+		jobsFound = false
+		jobs, err := client.BatchV1().Jobs(operatorclient.TargetNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+			LabelSelector: fmt.Sprintf("app.kubernetes.io/name=%s", tools.JobTypeRestartEtcd.GetNameLabelValue()),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			klog.Errorf("failed to get fencing job, will retry: %v", err)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		jobsFound = true
+		for _, job := range jobs.Items {
+			if tools.IsConditionTrue(job.Status.Conditions, batchv1.JobComplete) || tools.IsConditionTrue(job.Status.Conditions, batchv1.JobFailed) {
+				jobsDone[job.Name] = true
+			}
+		}
+		if len(jobsDone) == len(nodeList) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		klog.Infof("fencing job still running, skipping recreation for now, will retry")
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	// wait as long as the fencing job waits as well, plus some execution time
+	err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, tools.JobPollIntervall, tools.RestartEtcdJobCompletedTimeout, true, isResrtartJobFinished)
+	if err != nil {
+		// if we set timeouts right, this should not happen...
+		klog.Errorf("timed out waiting for fencing job to complete: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !jobsFound {
+		klog.Errorf("fencing job not found, nothing to do")
+		return
+	}
+
+	klog.Info("deleting fencing job for recreation")
+	for jobName, _ := range jobsDone {
+		err = client.BatchV1().Jobs(operatorclient.TargetNamespace).Delete(ctx, jobName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			// TODO how to trigger a retry here...
+			klog.Errorf("failed to delete fencing job: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func handleFencingSecretChange(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface, oldObj, obj interface{}) {
 	secret, ok := obj.(*corev1.Secret)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/pkg/tnf/pkg/pcs/etcd.go b/pkg/tnf/pkg/pcs/etcd.go
index 2e2ebe3f8..71a5fd0b6 100644
--- a/pkg/tnf/pkg/pcs/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/tnf/pkg/pcs/etcd.go
@@ -33,6 +33,28 @@ func ConfigureEtcd(ctx context.Context, cfg config.ClusterConfig) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func RestartEtcd(ctx context.Context) error {
+	klog.Info("Checking pcs resources")
+
+	stdOut, stdErr, err := exec.Execute(ctx, "/usr/sbin/pcs resource status")
+	if err != nil || len(stdErr) > 0 {
+		klog.Error(err, "Failed to get pcs resource status", "stdout", stdOut, "stderr", stdErr, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(stdOut, "etcd") {
+		klog.Info("etcd resource not found, nothing to do")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	klog.Info("Restarting etcd")
+	stdOut, stdErr, err = exec.Execute(ctx, "/usr/sbin/pcs resource restart etcd")
+	if err != nil || len(stdErr) > 0 {
+		klog.Error(err, "Failed to restart etcd", "stdout", stdOut, "stderr", stdErr, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ConfigureConstraints configures the etcd constraints
 func ConfigureConstraints(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	klog.Info("Checking pcs constraints")
diff --git a/pkg/tnf/pkg/tools/jobs.go b/pkg/tnf/pkg/tools/jobs.go
index 793c51bc9..df3ecaf11 100644
--- a/pkg/tnf/pkg/tools/jobs.go
+++ b/pkg/tnf/pkg/tools/jobs.go
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import (
 // setup job: waits for auth jobs to complete
 // after setup jobs: waits for setup job to complete
 const (
-	JobPollIntervall           = 15 * time.Second
-	AuthJobCompletedTimeout    = 10 * time.Minute
-	SetupJobCompletedTimeout   = 20 * time.Minute
-	FencingJobCompletedTimeout = 25 * time.Minute
+	JobPollIntervall               = 15 * time.Second
+	AuthJobCompletedTimeout        = 10 * time.Minute
+	SetupJobCompletedTimeout       = 20 * time.Minute
+	FencingJobCompletedTimeout     = 25 * time.Minute
+	RestartEtcdJobCompletedTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
 )
 
 // JobType represent the different jobs we run, with some methods needed
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const (
 	JobTypeSetup
 	JobTypeAfterSetup
 	JobTypeFencing
+	JobTypeRestartEtcd
 )
 
 func (t JobType) GetSubCommand() string {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ func (t JobType) GetSubCommand() string {
 		return "after-setup"
 	case JobTypeFencing:
 		return "fencing"
+	case JobTypeRestartEtcd:
+		return "restart-etcd"
 	default:
 		return ""
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tnf/restart-etcd/runner.go b/pkg/tnf/restart-etcd/runner.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1146e4c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tnf/restart-etcd/runner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package restartetcd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-etcd-operator/pkg/tnf/pkg/pcs"
+)
+
+func RunEtcdRestart() error {
+	klog.Info("Running TNF etcd restart")
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err := pcs.RestartEtcd(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	klog.Infof("Etcd restart done!")
+
+	return nil
+}