diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1544a35da..5591b79ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - (Maintenance) Bump Go to 1.20.10
 - (Bugfix) Fix ArangoBackup Create Backoff & ArangoBackupPolicy propagation
 - (Maintenance) Add IndexMethod Documentation
+- (Bugfix) Fix VersionCheck args propagation
  
 ## [1.2.33](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.33) (2023-09-27)
 - (Maintenance) Bump golang.org/x/net to v0.13.0
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
index 9dcb6c898..111ad1b32 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
@@ -655,9 +655,16 @@ func CreateArangoDVolumes(status api.MemberStatus, input pod.Input, spec api.Dep
 	return volumes
 }
 
-// GetArgs returns list of arguments for the ArangoD upgrade container.
-func (a *ArangoUpgradeContainer) GetArgs() ([]string, error) {
-	return createArangodArgsWithUpgrade(a.cachedStatus, a.input)
+// GetCommand returns list of arguments for the ArangoD upgrade container.
+func (a *ArangoUpgradeContainer) GetCommand() ([]string, error) {
+	args, err := a.ContainerCreator.GetCommand()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	upgradeArgs := pod.AutoUpgrade().Args(a.input).Sort().AsArgs()
+
+	return append(args, upgradeArgs...), nil
 }
 
 // GetLifecycle returns no lifecycle for the ArangoD upgrade container.
@@ -675,9 +682,14 @@ func (a *ArangoUpgradeContainer) GetProbes() (*core.Probe, *core.Probe, *core.Pr
 	return nil, nil, nil, nil
 }
 
-// GetArgs returns list of arguments for the ArangoD version check container.
-func (a *ArangoVersionCheckContainer) GetArgs() ([]string, error) {
-	return createArangodArgs(a.cachedStatus, a.input, a.versionArgs...)
+// GetCommand returns list of arguments for the ArangoD version check container.
+func (a *ArangoVersionCheckContainer) GetCommand() ([]string, error) {
+	args, err := a.ContainerCreator.GetCommand()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return append(args, a.versionArgs.Sort().AsArgs()...), nil
 }
 
 // GetLifecycle returns no lifecycle for the ArangoD version check container.