diff --git a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.16.md b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.16.md
index 2db975a04..d8042b843 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.16.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.16.md
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ When cutting a new release, update the `unreleased` heading to the tag being gen
 
 ## unreleased
 
-* [BUGFIX] [#1272](https://github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/issues/1272) Prevent cass-operator from creating users when an external DC is referenced to allow migration through expansion
\ No newline at end of file
+* [BUGFIX] [#1299](https://github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/issues/1299) CronJob for medusa purge not in the correct namespace
+* [BUGFIX] [#1272](https://github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/issues/1272) Prevent cass-operator from creating users when an external DC is referenced to allow migration through expansion
diff --git a/controllers/k8ssandra/medusa_reconciler.go b/controllers/k8ssandra/medusa_reconciler.go
index b23bb0cc0..06391e459 100644
--- a/controllers/k8ssandra/medusa_reconciler.go
+++ b/controllers/k8ssandra/medusa_reconciler.go
@@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ func (r *K8ssandraClusterReconciler) reconcileMedusa(
 			logger.Info("Medusa standalone deployment is not ready yet")
 			return result.RequeueSoon(r.DefaultDelay)
 		}
+
 		// Create a cron job to purge Medusa backups
 		operatorNamespace := r.getOperatorNamespace()
-		purgeCronJob, err := medusa.PurgeCronJob(dcConfig, kc.SanitizedName(), operatorNamespace, logger)
+		purgeCronJob, err := medusa.PurgeCronJob(dcConfig, kc.SanitizedName(), operatorNamespace, dcNamespace, logger)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Info("Failed to create Medusa purge backups cronjob", "error", err)
 			return result.Error(err)
diff --git a/pkg/medusa/reconcile.go b/pkg/medusa/reconcile.go
index 48c28b9aa..4139d514d 100644
--- a/pkg/medusa/reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/medusa/reconcile.go
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func StandaloneMedusaService(dcConfig *cassandra.DatacenterConfig, medusaSpec *a
 	return medusaService
 }
 
-func PurgeCronJob(dcConfig *cassandra.DatacenterConfig, clusterName, namespace string, logger logr.Logger) (*batchv1.CronJob, error) {
+func PurgeCronJob(dcConfig *cassandra.DatacenterConfig, clusterName, operatorNamespace string, namespace string, logger logr.Logger) (*batchv1.CronJob, error) {
 	cronJobName := MedusaPurgeCronJobName(cassdcapi.CleanupForKubernetes(clusterName), dcConfig.SanitizedName())
 	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Creating Medusa purge backups cronjob: %s", cronJobName))
 	if len(cronJobName) > 253 {
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ func PurgeCronJob(dcConfig *cassandra.DatacenterConfig, clusterName, namespace s
 	purgeCronJob := &batchv1.CronJob{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      cronJobName,
-			Namespace: namespace,
+			Namespace: operatorNamespace,
 		},
 		Spec: batchv1.CronJobSpec{
 			Schedule:                   "0 0 * * *",
diff --git a/pkg/medusa/reconcile_test.go b/pkg/medusa/reconcile_test.go
index f9b49bd7a..e71432c28 100644
--- a/pkg/medusa/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/medusa/reconcile_test.go
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func TestPurgeCronJob(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := logr.New(logr.Discard().GetSink())
 
 	// Call the function with the test inputs
-	actualCronJob, err := PurgeCronJob(dcConfig, clusterName, namespace, logger)
+	actualCronJob, err := PurgeCronJob(dcConfig, clusterName, namespace, namespace, logger)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-medusa-purge", "testcluster", "testdc"), actualCronJob.ObjectMeta.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(actualCronJob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Command))
@@ -739,6 +739,6 @@ func TestPurgeCronJobNameTooLong(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := logr.New(logr.Discard().GetSink())
 
 	// Call the function with the test inputs
-	_, err := PurgeCronJob(dcConfig, clusterName, namespace, logger)
+	_, err := PurgeCronJob(dcConfig, clusterName, namespace, namespace, logger)
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
 }