diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
index 4782f0d01a..d257bad188 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) playKubePod(ctx context.Context, podName string, podY
 		// registry on localhost.
 		pullPolicy := config.PullPolicyNewer
 		if len(container.ImagePullPolicy) > 0 {
-			pullPolicy, err = config.ParsePullPolicy(string(container.ImagePullPolicy))
+			// Make sure to lower the strings since K8s pull policy
+			// may be capitalized (see bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1985905).
+			rawPolicy := string(container.ImagePullPolicy)
+			pullPolicy, err = config.ParsePullPolicy(strings.ToLower(rawPolicy))
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index 5e303bf2fd..66bfdefe7a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman play kube", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman play kube with pull policy of missing", func() {
-		ctr := getCtr(withPullPolicy("missing"), withImage(BB))
+		ctr := getCtr(withPullPolicy("Missing"), withImage(BB))
 		err := generateKubeYaml("pod", getPod(withCtr(ctr)), kubeYaml)
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())