diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-upgrade.yml b/.github/workflows/test-upgrade.yml
index 0d6694c3bd..38543b1040 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-upgrade.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-upgrade.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo env "PATH=$PATH" CI=true APPLIANCE_MODE=true make test-e2e ARCH=amd64
           sudo chown $USER /tmp/zarf-*.log
 
-
       - name: Run the upgrade tests
         # NOTE: "PATH=$PATH" preserves the default user $PATH. This is needed to maintain the version of zarf installed
         #       in a previous step. This test run will the current release to create a K3s cluster.
diff --git a/src/pkg/k8s/pods.go b/src/pkg/k8s/pods.go
index 361c69cfe5..322b818406 100644
--- a/src/pkg/k8s/pods.go
+++ b/src/pkg/k8s/pods.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (k *K8s) WaitForPodsAndContainers(target PodLookup, include PodFilter) []st
 
 			}
 
-			k.Log("Ready pods", readyPods)
+			k.Log("Ready pods %#v", readyPods)
 			if len(readyPods) > 0 {
 				return readyPods
 			}
diff --git a/src/test/upgrade/files/data-injection-values.yaml b/src/test/upgrade/files/data-injection-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a53615ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/upgrade/files/data-injection-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+podAnnotations:
+  zarf.dev/dataInjections: ###ZARF_DATA_INJECTION_MARKER###
diff --git a/src/test/upgrade/files/service.yaml b/src/test/upgrade/files/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4547b3dd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/upgrade/files/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  annotations:
+    zarf.dev/connect-description: Access Podinfo
+  labels:
+    # Enables "zarf connect podinfo"
+    zarf.dev/connect-name: podinfo
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: podinfo-upgrade
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 9898
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 9898
diff --git a/src/test/upgrade/zarf.yaml b/src/test/upgrade/zarf.yaml
index 3092d27a28..a38994ad33 100644
--- a/src/test/upgrade/zarf.yaml
+++ b/src/test/upgrade/zarf.yaml
@@ -6,18 +6,34 @@ metadata:
 
 components:
   - name: test-upgrade-package
-    description: A semi-contrived example that deploys podinfo and lets us upgrade it a few times.
+    description: A semi-contrived example that deploys podinfo using many Zarf primitives and lets us upgrade it a few times.
     required: true
     charts:
       - name: podinfo-upgrade
         version: "###ZARF_PKG_VAR_PODINFO_VERSION###"
         namespace: podinfo-upgrade
         url: oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/charts/podinfo
+        valuesFiles:
+          - files/data-injection-values.yaml
+    manifests:
+      - name: connect-service
+        namespace: podinfo-upgrade
+        files:
+          - files/service.yaml
     images:
       - "ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:###ZARF_PKG_VAR_PODINFO_VERSION###"
+    repos:
+      - https://github.com/kelseyhightower/nocode.git
     files:
       - source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/###ZARF_PKG_VAR_PODINFO_VERSION###/.cosign/cosign.pub
         target: podinfo-cosign.pub
+    dataInjections:
+      - source: files
+        target:
+          selector: app.kubernetes.io/name=podinfo-upgrade
+          namespace: podinfo-upgrade
+          container: podinfo
+          path: /home/app/service.yaml
     actions:
       onDeploy:
         after:
@@ -26,3 +42,9 @@ components:
             setVariable: PODINFO_COSIGN_PUB
           - cmd: "echo \"Successfully deployed podinfo ###ZARF_PKG_VAR_PODINFO_VERSION### with the following cosign key:\\n\\n${ZARF_VAR_PODINFO_COSIGN_PUB}\""
           - cmd: rm podinfo-cosign.pub
+          - wait:
+              cluster:
+                kind: pod
+                name: app.kubernetes.io/name=podinfo-upgrade
+                namespace: podinfo-upgrade
+                condition: ready