diff --git a/mgradm/cmd/migrate/kubernetes/utils.go b/mgradm/cmd/migrate/kubernetes/utils.go
index a3f72886a..ed1bf182a 100644
--- a/mgradm/cmd/migrate/kubernetes/utils.go
+++ b/mgradm/cmd/migrate/kubernetes/utils.go
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ func migrateToKubernetes(
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Reinitialize the connection since the pod name has changed since we first checked
+	cnx = shared.NewConnection("kubectl", "", shared_kubernetes.ServerFilter)
 	if err := cnx.CopyCaCertificate(fqdn); err != nil {
 		return utils.Errorf(err, L("failed to add SSL CA certificate to host trusted certificates"))
 	}
diff --git a/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/install.go b/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/install.go
index 9e0e7f49c..a8b561618 100644
--- a/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/install.go
+++ b/mgradm/shared/kubernetes/install.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func Deploy(
 	return cnx.WaitForServer()
 }
 
-// DeployCertificate executre a deploy a new certificate given an helm.
+// DeployCertificate deploys a new SSL certificate.
 func DeployCertificate(helmFlags *cmd_utils.HelmFlags, sslFlags *cmd_utils.SslCertFlags, rootCa string,
 	ca *ssl.SslPair, kubeconfig string, fqdn string, imagePullPolicy string) ([]string, error) {
 	helmArgs := []string{}