diff --git a/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go b/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
index b69f7fab16..1d3b7dde59 100644
--- a/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
@@ -44,13 +44,19 @@ func _main() int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	rawK8SClient, err := k8sapi.CreateKubeClient()
+	mapper, err := k8sapi.InitializeRestMapper()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Failed to initialize kube client mapper: %s", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	rawK8SClient, err := k8sapi.CreateKubeClient(mapper)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to create kube client: %s", err)
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	cacheK8SClient, err := k8sapi.CreateCachedKubeClient(rawK8SClient)
+	cacheK8SClient, err := k8sapi.CreateCachedKubeClient(rawK8SClient, mapper)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to create cached kube client: %s", err)
 		return 1
diff --git a/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go b/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go
index a3c13bc93f..7bf67d1b7f 100644
--- a/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cni-metrics-helper/main.go
@@ -96,12 +96,18 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	rawK8SClient, err := k8sapi.CreateKubeClient()
+	mapper, err := k8sapi.InitializeRestMapper()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Failed to initialize kube client mapper: %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	rawK8SClient, err := k8sapi.CreateKubeClient(mapper)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error creating Kubernetes Client: %s", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	k8sClient, err := k8sapi.CreateCachedKubeClient(rawK8SClient)
+	k8sClient, err := k8sapi.CreateCachedKubeClient(rawK8SClient, mapper)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error creating Cached Kubernetes Client: %s", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go b/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go
index fd970a697b..ef69912fa0 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sapi/k8sutils.go
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/apiutil"
+
 	eniconfigscheme "github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/apis/crd/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/utils/logger"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
@@ -19,8 +22,21 @@ import (
 
 var log = logger.Get()
 
+func InitializeRestMapper() (meta.RESTMapper, error) {
+	restCfg, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
+	restCfg.Burst = 200
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	mapper, err := apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(restCfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return mapper, nil
+}
+
 // CreateKubeClient creates a k8s client
-func CreateKubeClient() (client.Client, error) {
+func CreateKubeClient(mapper meta.RESTMapper) (client.Client, error) {
 	restCfg, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -29,7 +45,8 @@ func CreateKubeClient() (client.Client, error) {
 	clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(vpcCniScheme)
 	eniconfigscheme.AddToScheme(vpcCniScheme)
 
-	rawK8SClient, err := client.New(restCfg, client.Options{Scheme: vpcCniScheme})
+	rawK8SClient, err := client.New(restCfg, client.Options{Scheme: vpcCniScheme, Mapper: mapper})
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -38,8 +55,10 @@ func CreateKubeClient() (client.Client, error) {
 }
 
 // CreateKubeClient creates a k8s client
-func CreateCachedKubeClient(rawK8SClient client.Client) (client.Client, error) {
+func CreateCachedKubeClient(rawK8SClient client.Client, mapper meta.RESTMapper) (client.Client, error) {
 	restCfg, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
+	restCfg.Burst = 100
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -48,7 +67,7 @@ func CreateCachedKubeClient(rawK8SClient client.Client) (client.Client, error) {
 	eniconfigscheme.AddToScheme(vpcCniScheme)
 
 	stopChan := ctrl.SetupSignalHandler()
-	cache, err := cache.New(restCfg, cache.Options{Scheme: vpcCniScheme})
+	cache, err := cache.New(restCfg, cache.Options{Scheme: vpcCniScheme, Mapper: mapper})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}