diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
index 8706e444c4bab..03ee0a038faf4 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
@@ -688,15 +688,8 @@ def execute_sync(self, context: Context):
             self.cleanup(
                 pod=pod_to_clean,
                 remote_pod=self.remote_pod,
+                context=context,
             )
-            for callback in self.callbacks:
-                callback.on_pod_cleanup(
-                    pod=pod_to_clean,
-                    client=self.client,
-                    mode=ExecutionMode.SYNC,
-                    context=context,
-                    operator=self,
-                )
 
         if self.do_xcom_push:
             return result
@@ -952,13 +945,10 @@ def post_complete_action(self, *, pod, remote_pod, context: Context, **kwargs) -
         self.cleanup(
             pod=pod,
             remote_pod=remote_pod,
+            context=context,
         )
-        for callback in self.callbacks:
-            callback.on_pod_cleanup(
-                pod=pod, client=self.client, mode=ExecutionMode.SYNC, operator=self, context=context
-            )
 
-    def cleanup(self, pod: k8s.V1Pod, remote_pod: k8s.V1Pod):
+    def cleanup(self, pod: k8s.V1Pod, remote_pod: k8s.V1Pod, context: Context):
         # Skip cleaning the pod in the following scenarios.
         # 1. If a task got marked as failed, "on_kill" method would be called and the pod will be cleaned up
         # there. Cleaning it up again will raise an exception (which might cause retry).
@@ -983,6 +973,15 @@ def cleanup(self, pod: k8s.V1Pod, remote_pod: k8s.V1Pod):
 
         self.process_pod_deletion(remote_pod, reraise=False)
 
+        for callback in self.callbacks:
+            callback.on_pod_cleanup(
+                pod=remote_pod,
+                client=self.client,
+                mode=ExecutionMode.SYNC,
+                operator=self,
+                context=context,
+            )
+
         if self.skip_on_exit_code:
             container_statuses = (
                 remote_pod.status.container_statuses if remote_pod and remote_pod.status else None
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
index 2afb31a2ae17c..b5f84cd362107 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ def test_execute_sync_callbacks(self, find_pod_mock):
         assert mock_callbacks.on_pod_cleanup.call_args.kwargs == {
             "client": k.client,
             "mode": ExecutionMode.SYNC,
-            "pod": k.pod,
+            "pod": self.await_pod_mock.return_value,
             "operator": k,
             "context": context,
         }
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ def test_execute_sync_multiple_callbacks(self, find_pod_mock):
         assert mock_callbacks.on_pod_cleanup.call_args.kwargs == {
             "client": k.client,
             "mode": ExecutionMode.SYNC,
-            "pod": k.pod,
+            "pod": self.await_pod_mock.return_value,
             "operator": k,
             "context": context,
         }
@@ -2396,10 +2396,11 @@ def test_async_write_logs_handler_api_exception(
     )
     def test_cleanup_log_pod_spec_on_failure(self, log_pod_spec_on_failure, expect_match):
         k = KubernetesPodOperator(task_id="task", log_pod_spec_on_failure=log_pod_spec_on_failure)
-        pod = k.build_pod_request_obj(create_context(k))
+        context = create_context(k)
+        pod = k.build_pod_request_obj(context)
         pod.status = V1PodStatus(phase=PodPhase.FAILED)
         with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match=expect_match):
-            k.cleanup(pod, pod)
+            k.cleanup(pod, pod, context)
 
     @patch(f"{HOOK_CLASS}.get_pod")
     @patch("airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.PodManager.await_pod_completion")