diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
index c707f9446f16..0b6c90c987dd 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
@@ -590,7 +590,9 @@ def execute_sync(self, context: Context):
                     container_logs=self.container_logs,
                     follow_logs=True,
                 )
-            else:
+            if not self.get_logs or (
+                self.container_logs is not True and self.base_container_name not in self.container_logs
+            ):
                 self.pod_manager.await_container_completion(
                     pod=self.pod, container_name=self.base_container_name
                 )
diff --git a/tests/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py b/tests/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
index ea1abfccd547..bcd2bd0a31f2 100644
--- a/tests/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
+++ b/tests/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
@@ -1232,6 +1232,46 @@ def test_task_skip_when_pod_exit_with_certain_code(
             with pytest.raises(expected_exc):
                 self.run_pod(k)
 
+    @patch(f"{POD_MANAGER_CLASS}.extract_xcom")
+    @patch(f"{POD_MANAGER_CLASS}.await_xcom_sidecar_container_start")
+    @patch(f"{POD_MANAGER_CLASS}.await_container_completion")
+    @patch(f"{POD_MANAGER_CLASS}.fetch_requested_container_logs")
+    @patch(HOOK_CLASS)
+    def test_get_logs_but_not_for_base_container(
+        self,
+        hook_mock,
+        mock_fetch_log,
+        mock_await_container_completion,
+        mock_await_xcom_sidecar,
+        mock_extract_xcom,
+    ):
+        k = KubernetesPodOperator(
+            namespace="default",
+            image="ubuntu:16.04",
+            cmds=["bash", "-cx"],
+            arguments=["echo 10"],
+            labels={"foo": "bar"},
+            name="test",
+            task_id="task",
+            do_xcom_push=True,
+            container_logs=["some_init_container"],
+            get_logs=True,
+        )
+        mock_extract_xcom.return_value = "{}"
+        remote_pod_mock = MagicMock()
+        remote_pod_mock.status.phase = "Succeeded"
+        self.await_pod_mock.return_value = remote_pod_mock
+        pod = self.run_pod(k)
+
+        # check that the base container is not included in the logs
+        mock_fetch_log.assert_called_once_with(
+            pod=pod, container_logs=["some_init_container"], follow_logs=True
+        )
+        # check that KPO waits for the base container to complete before proceeding to extract XCom
+        mock_await_container_completion.assert_called_once_with(pod=pod, container_name="base")
+        # check that we wait for the xcom sidecar to start before extracting XCom
+        mock_await_xcom_sidecar.assert_called_once_with(pod=pod)
+
 
 class TestSuppress:
     def test__suppress(self, caplog):