diff --git a/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go b/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go
index 028d328f5..3e226d0b3 100644
--- a/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go
+++ b/e2e/internal/kubeclient/deploy.go
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ func isPodReady(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
 }
 
 func (c *Kubeclient) resourceInterfaceFor(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) (dynamic.ResourceInterface, error) {
-	dyn := dynamic.New(c.Client.RESTClient())
 	gvk := obj.GroupVersionKind()
 
 	mapping, err := c.restMapper.RESTMapping(gvk.GroupKind(), gvk.Version)
@@ -499,7 +498,7 @@ func (c *Kubeclient) resourceInterfaceFor(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) (dynam
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting resource for %#v: %w", gvk, err)
 	}
 	c.log.Info("found mapping", "resource", mapping.Resource)
-	ri := dyn.Resource(mapping.Resource)
+	ri := c.dyn.Resource(mapping.Resource)
 	if mapping.Scope.Name() == "namespace" {
 		namespace := obj.GetNamespace()
 		if namespace == "" {
diff --git a/e2e/internal/kubeclient/kubeclient.go b/e2e/internal/kubeclient/kubeclient.go
index 36e8a4c5f..213e5a842 100644
--- a/e2e/internal/kubeclient/kubeclient.go
+++ b/e2e/internal/kubeclient/kubeclient.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -37,14 +38,14 @@ type Kubeclient struct {
 	restMapper meta.RESTMapper
 	// config is the "Kubeconfig" for the client
 	config *rest.Config
+	// dyn is a dynamic API client that can work with unstructured resources
+	dyn *dynamic.DynamicClient
 }
 
 // New creates a new Kubeclient from a given Kubeconfig.
 func New(config *rest.Config, log *slog.Logger) (*Kubeclient, error) {
-	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating kubernetes client: %w", err)
-	}
+	client := kubernetes.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
+	dyn := dynamic.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
 
 	resources, err := restmapper.GetAPIGroupResources(client.Discovery())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ func New(config *rest.Config, log *slog.Logger) (*Kubeclient, error) {
 		Client:     client,
 		config:     config,
 		restMapper: restmapper.NewDiscoveryRESTMapper(resources),
+		dyn:        dyn,
 	}, nil
 }