diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go
index 6cecd81c04..95a87f4efa 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray.go
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ func (plugin rayJobResourceHandler) GetTaskPhase(ctx context.Context, pluginCont
 		phaseInfo, err = pluginsCore.PhaseInfoSuccess(info), nil
 	case rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusSuspended:
 		phaseInfo, err = pluginsCore.PhaseInfoQueuedWithTaskInfo(time.Now(), pluginsCore.DefaultPhaseVersion, "Suspended", info), nil
+	case rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusSuspending:
+		phaseInfo, err = pluginsCore.PhaseInfoQueuedWithTaskInfo(time.Now(), pluginsCore.DefaultPhaseVersion, "Suspending", info), nil
 	case rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusFailed:
 		failInfo := fmt.Sprintf("Failed to run Ray job %s with error: [%s] %s", rayJob.Name, rayJob.Status.Reason, rayJob.Status.Message)
 		phaseInfo, err = pluginsCore.PhaseInfoFailure(flyteerr.TaskFailedWithError, failInfo, info), nil
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go
index 0c733144af..38b2f56785 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/ray/ray_test.go
@@ -755,8 +755,8 @@ func TestGetTaskPhase(t *testing.T) {
 		{rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusRunning, pluginsCore.PhaseRunning, false},
 		{rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusComplete, pluginsCore.PhaseSuccess, false},
 		{rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusFailed, pluginsCore.PhasePermanentFailure, false},
-		{rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusSuspended, pluginsCore.PhaseQueued, true},
-		{rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusSuspending, pluginsCore.PhaseUndefined, true},
+		{rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusSuspended, pluginsCore.PhaseQueued, false},
+		{rayv1.JobDeploymentStatusSuspending, pluginsCore.PhaseQueued, false},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {