diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index 105d79b93..ad779bcc8 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func (c *Client) waitForResources(timeout time.Duration, created Result) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, kcs.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {
@@ -86,6 +90,10 @@ func (c *Client) waitForResources(timeout time.Duration, created Result) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, kcs.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {
@@ -101,6 +109,10 @@ func (c *Client) waitForResources(timeout time.Duration, created Result) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, kcs.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {
@@ -116,6 +128,10 @@ func (c *Client) waitForResources(timeout time.Duration, created Result) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
+				// If paused deployment will never be ready
+				if currentDeployment.Spec.Paused {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Find RS associated with deployment
 				newReplicaSet, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(currentDeployment, kcs.AppsV1())
 				if err != nil || newReplicaSet == nil {