diff --git a/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller.go b/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller.go
index 2de2a17b..e7016ce9 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ type TaskConfiguration struct {
 	// Execution functionality per pod
 	AsyncFeature httphelper.Feature
 	AsyncFunc    AsyncTaskExecutorFunc
+	SyncFeature  httphelper.Feature
 	SyncFunc     SyncTaskExecutorFunc
 	PodFilter    PodFilterFunc
 
@@ -649,13 +650,9 @@ func (r *CassandraTaskReconciler) reconcileEveryPodTask(ctx context.Context, dc
 		if !taskConfig.Filter(&pod) {
 			continue
 		}
-
-		features := &httphelper.FeatureSet{}
-		if taskConfig.AsyncFeature != "" {
-			features, err = nodeMgmtClient.FeatureSet(&pod)
-			if err != nil {
-				return ctrl.Result{}, failed, completed, errMsg, err
-			}
+		features, err := nodeMgmtClient.FeatureSet(&pod)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ctrl.Result{}, failed, completed, errMsg, err
 		}
 
 		if pod.Annotations == nil {
@@ -817,6 +814,13 @@ func (r *CassandraTaskReconciler) reconcileEveryPodTask(ctx context.Context, dc
 					<-jobRunner
 				}()
 
+				if taskConfig.SyncFeature != "" {
+					if !features.Supports(taskConfig.SyncFeature) {
+						logger.Error(err, "Pod doesn't support this feature", "Pod", pod, "Feature", taskConfig.SyncFeature)
+						jobStatus.Status = podJobError
+					}
+				}
+
 				if err = taskConfig.SyncFunc(nodeMgmtClient, &pod, taskConfig); err != nil {
 					// We only log, nothing else to do - we won't even retry this pod
 					logger.Error(err, "executing the sync task failed", "Pod", pod)
diff --git a/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller_test.go b/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller_test.go
index dd0557bf..71411940 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller_test.go
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ var _ = Describe("CassandraTask controller tests", func() {
 				completedTask := waitForTaskCompletion(taskKey)
 
 				Expect(callDetails.URLCounts["/api/v0/ops/node/encryption/internode/truststore/reload"]).To(Equal(1))
+				Expect(callDetails.URLCounts["/api/v0/metadata/versions/features"]).To(BeNumerically(">", 1))
 
 				// verifyPodsHaveAnnotations(testNamespaceName, string(task.UID))
 				Expect(completedTask.Status.Succeeded).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))