diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-assert.yaml
index b9a35204..cae4a019 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-assert.yaml
@@ -67,12 +67,3 @@ status:
   expectedPods: 2
   currentHealthy: 2
   disruptionsAllowed: 1
----
-# This test checks if the containerdebug-state.json file is present and valid
-apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
-kind: TestAssert
-timeout: 60
-commands:
-  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container hbase test-hbase-master-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status
-  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container hbase test-hbase-regionserver-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status
-  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container hbase test-hbase-restserver-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/31-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/31-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25f259d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/31-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+# This test checks if the containerdebug-state.json file is present and valid
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 600
+commands:
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container hbase test-hbase-master-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status '"valif JSON"'
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container hbase test-hbase-regionserver-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status  '"valif JSON"'
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container hbase test-hbase-restserver-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status '"valif JSON"'