diff --git a/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller.go b/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller.go
index b2dede1c6..cf59fc4f1 100644
--- a/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller.go
+++ b/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller.go
@@ -456,6 +456,20 @@ func (r *PGClusterReconciler) reconcilePatroniVersionCheck(ctx context.Context,
 		if len(cr.Spec.InstanceSets) == 0 {
 			return errors.New(".spec.instances is a required value") // shouldn't happen as the value is required in the crd.yaml
 		}
+
+		// Using minimal resources since the patroni version check pod is performing a very simple
+		// operation i.e. "patronictl version"
+		resources := corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+			Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+				corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+				corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("64Mi"),
+			},
+			Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+				corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("50m"),
+				corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("32Mi"),
+			},
+		}
+
 		p = &corev1.Pod{
 			ObjectMeta: meta,
 			Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
@@ -469,7 +483,7 @@ func (r *PGClusterReconciler) reconcilePatroniVersionCheck(ctx context.Context,
 						Args: []string{
 							"-c", "sleep 60",
 						},
-						Resources:       cr.Spec.InstanceSets[0].Resources,
+						Resources:       resources,
 						SecurityContext: initialize.RestrictedSecurityContext(cr.CompareVersion("2.8.0") >= 0),
 					},
 				},
@@ -477,16 +491,7 @@ func (r *PGClusterReconciler) reconcilePatroniVersionCheck(ctx context.Context,
 				Affinity:                      cr.Spec.InstanceSets[0].Affinity,
 				TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: ptr.To(int64(5)),
 				ImagePullSecrets:              cr.Spec.ImagePullSecrets,
-				Resources: &corev1.ResourceRequirements{
-					Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
-						corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
-						corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("64Mi"),
-					},
-					Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
-						corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("50m"),
-						corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("32Mi"),
-					},
-				},
+				Resources:                     &resources,
 			},
 		}
 
diff --git a/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go b/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go
index a6d557466..7c5d3926c 100644
--- a/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go
+++ b/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go
@@ -2191,6 +2191,26 @@ var _ = Describe("patroni version check", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image).To(Equal(cr2.Spec.Image))
 			Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command).To(Equal([]string{"bash"}))
 			Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Args).To(Equal([]string{"-c", "sleep 60"}))
+			Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources).To(Equal(corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+				Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+					corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+					corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("64Mi"),
+				},
+				Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+					corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("50m"),
+					corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("32Mi"),
+				},
+			}))
+			Expect(pod.Spec.Resources).To(Equal(&corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+				Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+					corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+					corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("64Mi"),
+				},
+				Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+					corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("50m"),
+					corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("32Mi"),
+				},
+			}))
 
 			uid := int64(1001)
 			expectedSecurityContext := &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
diff --git a/percona/controller/pgcluster/suite_test.go b/percona/controller/pgcluster/suite_test.go
index 19d7ad4ed..3adb928c8 100644
--- a/percona/controller/pgcluster/suite_test.go
+++ b/percona/controller/pgcluster/suite_test.go
@@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
 		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "config", "crd", "bases")},
 		ErrorIfCRDPathMissing: true,
+		ControlPlane: envtest.ControlPlane{
+			APIServer: &envtest.APIServer{},
+		},
 	}
 
+	// PodLevelResources feature gate is enabled by default on k8s 1.34.
+	testEnv.ControlPlane.APIServer.Configure().Set("feature-gates", "PodLevelResources=true")
+
 	var err error
 	cfg, err = testEnv.Start()
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())