diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17921d3fc..93e18780f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - (Feature) Deprecate Actions
 - (Bugfix) Debug mode
 - (Improvement) Switch to Lease API
+- (Bugfix) Fix Member Terminating state discovery
 
 ## [1.2.32](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.32) (2023-08-07)
 - (Feature) Backup lifetime - remove Backup once its lifetime has been reached
diff --git a/pkg/util/k8sutil/pods.go b/pkg/util/k8sutil/pods.go
index 94170f5a7..4721fd5b2 100644
--- a/pkg/util/k8sutil/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/util/k8sutil/pods.go
@@ -295,10 +295,9 @@ func IsPodMarkedForDeletion(pod *core.Pod) bool {
 	return pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil
 }
 
-// IsPodTerminating returns true if the pod has been marked for deletion
-// but is still running.
+// IsPodTerminating returns true if the pod has been marked for deletion.
 func IsPodTerminating(pod *core.Pod) bool {
-	return IsPodMarkedForDeletion(pod) && pod.Status.Phase == core.PodRunning
+	return IsPodMarkedForDeletion(pod)
 }
 
 // getPodCondition returns the condition of given type in the given status.