diff --git a/internal/controller/cluster/aero_info_calls.go b/internal/controller/cluster/aero_info_calls.go
index 7ba8d6ce..d2b8444a 100644
--- a/internal/controller/cluster/aero_info_calls.go
+++ b/internal/controller/cluster/aero_info_calls.go
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ func (r *SingleClusterReconciler) waitForMultipleNodesSafeStopReady(
 	return common.ReconcileSuccess()
 }
 
+// waitForMigrationToComplete waits for the migration to complete on all the nodes in the cluster.
+func (r *SingleClusterReconciler) waitForMigrationToComplete(policy *as.ClientPolicy,
+	ignorablePodNames sets.Set[string],
+) common.ReconcileResult {
+	// This doesn't make actual connection, only objects having connection info are created
+	allHostConns, err := r.newAllHostConnWithOption(ignorablePodNames)
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.ReconcileError(fmt.Errorf("failed to get hostConn for aerospike cluster nodes: %v", err))
+	}
+
+	r.Log.Info("Waiting for migration to complete")
+
+	return r.waitForClusterStability(policy, allHostConns)
+}
+
 func (r *SingleClusterReconciler) quiescePods(
 	policy *as.ClientPolicy, allHostConns []*deployment.HostConn, pods []*corev1.Pod, ignorablePodNames sets.Set[string],
 ) error {
diff --git a/internal/controller/cluster/rack.go b/internal/controller/cluster/rack.go
index 33b54dc3..66029575 100644
--- a/internal/controller/cluster/rack.go
+++ b/internal/controller/cluster/rack.go
@@ -974,6 +974,18 @@ func (r *SingleClusterReconciler) scaleDownRack(
 		); !res.IsSuccess {
 			return found, res
 		}
+
+		// Wait for migration to complete before deleting the pods.
+		if res := r.waitForMigrationToComplete(policy,
+			ignorablePodNames,
+		); !res.IsSuccess {
+			r.Log.Error(
+				res.Err, "Failed to wait for migration to complete before deleting pods",
+				"rackID", rackState.Rack.ID,
+			)
+
+			return found, res
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Update new object with new size
diff --git a/test/cluster/cluster_helper.go b/test/cluster/cluster_helper.go
index 7736c581..22101cd9 100644
--- a/test/cluster/cluster_helper.go
+++ b/test/cluster/cluster_helper.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	goctx "context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -616,6 +617,30 @@ func validateMigrateFillDelay(
 	return err
 }
 
+// Helper function to get number of migrations in progress
+func getMigrationsInProgress(ctx goctx.Context, k8sClient client.Client,
+	clusterNamespacedName types.NamespacedName, podList *corev1.PodList) int {
+	maxMigrations := 0
+
+	for idx := range podList.Items {
+		pod := &podList.Items[idx]
+
+		podStats, err := requestInfoFromNode(logger, k8sClient, ctx, clusterNamespacedName, "statistics", pod.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if strVal, ok := podStats["migrate_partitions_remaining"]; ok {
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(strVal)
+			if err == nil && val > maxMigrations {
+				maxMigrations = val
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return maxMigrations
+}
+
 // validate readiness port
 func validateReadinessProbe(ctx goctx.Context, k8sClient client.Client, aeroCluster *asdbv1.AerospikeCluster,
 	requiredPort int) error {
diff --git a/test/cluster/cluster_test.go b/test/cluster/cluster_test.go
index c7c506c5..a81f0ff7 100644
--- a/test/cluster/cluster_test.go
+++ b/test/cluster/cluster_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	goctx "context"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ var _ = Describe(
 				ScaleDownWithMigrateFillDelay(ctx)
 			},
 		)
+		Context(
+			"ValidateScaleDownWaitForMigrations", func() {
+				ValidateScaleDownWaitForMigrations(ctx)
+			},
+		)
 		Context(
 			"PauseReconcile", func() {
 				PauseReconcileTest(ctx)
@@ -767,6 +773,95 @@ func ScaleDownWithMigrateFillDelay(ctx goctx.Context) {
 	)
 }
 
+func ValidateScaleDownWaitForMigrations(ctx goctx.Context) {
+	Context(
+		"ValidateScaleDownWaitForMigrations", func() {
+			clusterNamespacedName := test.GetNamespacedName(
+				"wait-for-migrations-cluster", namespace,
+			)
+
+			BeforeEach(
+				func() {
+					aeroCluster := createDummyAerospikeCluster(clusterNamespacedName, 4)
+					Expect(DeployCluster(k8sClient, ctx, aeroCluster)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+				},
+			)
+
+			AfterEach(
+				func() {
+					aeroCluster := &asdbv1.AerospikeCluster{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      clusterNamespacedName.Name,
+							Namespace: clusterNamespacedName.Namespace,
+						},
+					}
+
+					Expect(DeleteCluster(k8sClient, ctx, aeroCluster)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(CleanupPVC(k8sClient, aeroCluster.Namespace, aeroCluster.Name)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+				},
+			)
+
+			It(
+				"Should wait for migrations to complete before pod deletion", func() {
+					aeroCluster, err := getCluster(k8sClient, ctx, clusterNamespacedName)
+					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+					aeroCluster.Spec.Size -= 1
+					err = k8sClient.Update(ctx, aeroCluster)
+					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+					seenQuiesced := false
+					seenMigrationsComplete := false
+
+					Eventually(func() bool {
+						podList, lErr := getPodList(aeroCluster, k8sClient)
+						Expect(lErr).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+						info, iErr := requestInfoFromNode(logger, k8sClient, ctx, clusterNamespacedName, "namespace/test",
+							podList.Items[0].Name)
+						Expect(iErr).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+						var nodesQuiesced string
+						confs := strings.Split(info["namespace/test"], ";")
+						for _, conf := range confs {
+							if strings.Contains(conf, "nodes_quiesced") {
+								nodesQuiesced = strings.Split(conf, "=")[1]
+								break
+							}
+						}
+						migrations := getMigrationsInProgress(ctx, k8sClient, clusterNamespacedName, podList)
+
+						podCount := utils.Len32(podList.Items)
+						// Track quiesced
+						if podCount == 4 && nodesQuiesced == "1" {
+							seenQuiesced = true
+						}
+
+						// Track migrations complete after quiesce
+						if seenQuiesced && podCount == 4 && migrations == 0 {
+							seenMigrationsComplete = true
+						}
+
+						// Fail condition: if scale down happens before migrations finish
+						if podCount < 4 && migrations != 0 {
+							Fail(fmt.Sprintf("Pods scaledown while migrations still running (pods=%d, migrations=%d)",
+								podCount, migrations))
+						}
+
+						// Success condition: pod scale down only after migrations complete
+						return podCount == aeroCluster.Spec.Size && seenQuiesced && seenMigrationsComplete
+					}, 5*time.Minute, 1*time.Second).Should(BeTrue(), "Pods should only scaledown after migrations complete")
+
+					err = waitForAerospikeCluster(
+						k8sClient, ctx, aeroCluster, int(aeroCluster.Spec.Size), retryInterval,
+						getTimeout(2), []asdbv1.AerospikeClusterPhase{asdbv1.AerospikeClusterCompleted},
+					)
+					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+				},
+			)
+		},
+	)
+}
+
 func clusterWithMaxIgnorablePod(ctx goctx.Context) {
 	var (
 		err            error