diff --git a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
index 284d8c2b..670b4718 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ func (rc *ReconciliationContext) CheckPVCResizing() result.ReconcileResult {
 	}
 
 	for _, pvc := range pvcList {
-		if isPVCStatusConditionTrue(pvc, corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimResizing) ||
-			isPVCStatusConditionTrue(pvc, corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimFileSystemResizePending) {
+		if isPVCResizing(pvc) {
 			rc.ReqLogger.Info("Waiting for PVC resize to complete",
 				"pvc", pvc.Name)
 			return result.RequeueSoon(10)
@@ -190,6 +189,11 @@ func (rc *ReconciliationContext) CheckPVCResizing() result.ReconcileResult {
 	return result.Continue()
 }
 
+func isPVCResizing(pvc corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim) bool {
+	return isPVCStatusConditionTrue(pvc, corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimResizing) ||
+		isPVCStatusConditionTrue(pvc, corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimFileSystemResizePending)
+}
+
 func isPVCStatusConditionTrue(pvc corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim, conditionType corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimConditionType) bool {
 	for _, condition := range pvc.Status.Conditions {
 		if condition.Type == conditionType && condition.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
@@ -274,13 +278,16 @@ func (rc *ReconciliationContext) CheckVolumeClaimSizes(statefulSet, desiredSts *
 				}
 
 				for _, pvc := range targetPVCs {
+					if isPVCResizing(pvc) {
+						return result.RequeueSoon(10)
+					}
 					patch := client.MergeFrom(pvc.DeepCopy())
 					pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[corev1.ResourceStorage] = createdSize
 					if err := rc.Client.Patch(rc.Ctx, &pvc, patch); err != nil {
 						return result.Error(err)
 					}
 				}
-				return result.RequeueSoon(10)
+				return result.Continue()
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -379,7 +386,7 @@ func (rc *ReconciliationContext) CheckRackPodTemplate() result.ReconcileResult {
 
 			// copy the stuff that can't be updated
 
-			// TODO Careful with this, we probably only want to allow expanding the server-data at first
+			// TODO Add a annotation check for "experimental-feature" here and if not enabled, use old method
 			if res := rc.CheckVolumeClaimSizes(statefulSet, desiredSts); res.Completed() {
 				return res
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go
index 0d850980..be136098 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ func TestVolumeClaimSizesExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 	desiredStatefulSet, err := newStatefulSetForCassandraDatacenter(nil, "default", rc.Datacenter, 2)
 	require.NoErrorf(err, "error occurred creating statefulset")
 	res = rc.CheckVolumeClaimSizes(originalStatefulSet, desiredStatefulSet)
-	require.Equal(result.RequeueSoon(10), res, "We made changes to the PVC size, requeue and wait for the PVC to resize")
+	require.Equal(result.Continue(), res, "We made changes to the PVC size")
 
 	cond, found := rc.Datacenter.GetCondition(api.DatacenterResizingVolumes)
 	require.True(found)
@@ -2315,3 +2315,58 @@ func TestPVCResizingCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	res = rc.CheckPVCResizing()
 	require.Equal(result.Continue(), res, "No resizing in progress, we should simply continue")
 }
+
+func TestCheckRackPodTemplateWithVolumeExpansion(t *testing.T) {
+	require := require.New(t)
+	rc, _, cleanpMockSrc := setupTest()
+	defer cleanpMockSrc()
+
+	require.NoError(rc.CalculateRackInformation())
+	res := rc.CheckRackCreation()
+	require.False(res.Completed(), "CheckRackCreation did not complete as expected")
+
+	require.Equal(result.Continue(), rc.CheckRackPodTemplate())
+
+	// Get the current StS
+	sts := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
+	nsName := newNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(rc.Datacenter, "default")
+	require.NoError(rc.Client.Get(rc.Ctx, nsName, sts))
+	require.Equal(resource.MustParse("1Gi"), sts.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[0].Spec.Resources.Requests[corev1.ResourceStorage])
+
+	// Create the PVCs for the StatefulSet
+	for i := 0; i < int(*sts.Spec.Replicas); i++ {
+		pvc := &corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("server-data-%s-%d", sts.Name, i),
+				Namespace: "default",
+			},
+		}
+		pvc.Spec = sts.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[0].Spec
+		pvc.Labels = sts.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[0].Labels
+		require.NoError(rc.Client.Create(rc.Ctx, pvc))
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(result.Continue(), rc.CheckRackPodTemplate())
+
+	rc.Datacenter.Spec.StorageConfig.CassandraDataVolumeClaimSpec.Resources.Requests = map[corev1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity{"storage": resource.MustParse("2Gi")}
+	require.NoError(rc.Client.Update(rc.Ctx, rc.Datacenter))
+	res = rc.CheckRackPodTemplate()
+	require.Equal(result.Error(fmt.Errorf("PVC resize requested, but StorageClass does not support expansion")), res, "We should have an error, shrinking is disabled")
+
+	// Mark the StorageClass as allowing expansion
+	storageClass := &storagev1.StorageClass{}
+	require.NoError(rc.Client.Get(rc.Ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: "standard"}, storageClass))
+	storageClass.AllowVolumeExpansion = ptr.To[bool](true)
+	require.NoError(rc.Client.Update(rc.Ctx, storageClass))
+
+	res = rc.CheckRackPodTemplate()
+	require.Equal(result.Done(), res, "Recreating StS should throw us to silence period")
+
+	require.NoError(rc.Client.Get(rc.Ctx, nsName, sts))
+	require.Equal(resource.MustParse("2Gi"), sts.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[0].Spec.Resources.Requests[corev1.ResourceStorage])
+
+	// The fakeClient behavior does not prevent us from modifying the StS fields, so this test behaves unlike real world in that sense
+	res = rc.CheckRackPodTemplate()
+	require.Equal(result.Continue(), res, "Recreating StS should throw us to silence period")
+
+}