diff --git a/internal/controllers/synthesis/integration_test.go b/internal/controllers/synthesis/integration_test.go
index d131fc30..8d6602e8 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/synthesis/integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/synthesis/integration_test.go
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ func TestControllerSynthesizerRollout(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// The first synthesizer update should be applied to the composition
-	// TODO: Flake because sometimes the pod updates the slice refs but the synth generation somehow still doesn't match this one
 	testutil.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 		require.NoError(t, client.IgnoreNotFound(cli.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(comp), comp)))
 		return comp.Status.CurrentState != nil && comp.Status.CurrentState.ObservedSynthesizerGeneration >= syn.Generation
diff --git a/internal/controllers/synthesis/rollout.go b/internal/controllers/synthesis/rollout.go
index 6f89ecfc..b9b61d6c 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/synthesis/rollout.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/synthesis/rollout.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (c *rolloutController) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ct
 	}
 	logger = logger.WithValues("synthesizerName", syn.Name, "synthesizerNamespace", syn.Namespace, "synthesizerGeneration", syn.Generation)
 
-	if syn.Status.LastRolloutTime != nil {
+	if syn.Status.LastRolloutTime != nil && syn.Status.CurrentGeneration != syn.Generation {
 		remainingCooldown := c.cooldown - time.Since(syn.Status.LastRolloutTime.Time)
 		if remainingCooldown > 0 {
 			return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: remainingCooldown}, nil // not ready to continue rollout yet