diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f74ca582f..c0cfe2c5f8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@hapi/call": "^6.0.1",
     "@hapi/subtext": "^6.1.2",
-    "@kubernetes/client-node": "0.11.0",
+    "@kubernetes/client-node": "0.11.1",
     "@types/cookie": "^0.3.3",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.0.0",
     "@types/proper-lockfile": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/patches/@kubernetes+client-node+0.11.0.patch b/patches/@kubernetes+client-node+0.11.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eefea6cb37..0000000000
--- a/patches/@kubernetes+client-node+0.11.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/@kubernetes/client-node/dist/oidc_auth.js b/node_modules/@kubernetes/client-node/dist/oidc_auth.js
-index a393b8d..652ce12 100644
---- a/node_modules/@kubernetes/client-node/dist/oidc_auth.js
-+++ b/node_modules/@kubernetes/client-node/dist/oidc_auth.js
-@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class OpenIDConnectAuth {
-                 return null;
-             }
-             const client = overrideClient ? overrideClient : yield this.getClient(user);
-+            client.CLOCK_TOLERANCE = 10;
-             return this.refresh(user, client);
-         });
-     }
-@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class OpenIDConnectAuth {
-             if (Date.now() / 1000 > this.currentTokenExpiration) {
-                 const newToken = yield client.refresh(user.authProvider.config['refresh-token']);
-                 user.authProvider.config['id-token'] = newToken.id_token;
-+                user.authProvider.config['refresh-token'] = newToken.refresh_token;
-                 this.currentTokenExpiration = newToken.expires_at || 0;
-             }
-             return user.authProvider.config['id-token'];
-@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ class OpenIDConnectAuth {
-     }
-     getClient(user) {
-         return tslib_1.__awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-+            openid_client_1.Issuer.defaultHttpOptions = {
-+              timeout: 10000
-+            }
-             const oidcIssuer = yield openid_client_1.Issuer.discover(user.authProvider.config['idp-issuer-url']);
-             return new oidcIssuer.Client({
-                 client_id: user.authProvider.config['client-id'],
diff --git a/src/main/feature.ts b/src/main/feature.ts
index d2494c1ba6..7999733104 100644
--- a/src/main/feature.ts
+++ b/src/main/feature.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export abstract class Feature {
       const result = await client.deleteNamespace("lens-metrics", 'false', undefined, undefined, undefined, "Foreground");
       const nsVersion = result.body.metadata.resourceVersion;
       const nsWatch = new Watch(kc);
-      const req = nsWatch.watch('/api/v1/namespaces', {resourceVersion: nsVersion, fieldSelector: "metadata.name=lens-metrics"},
+      const req = await nsWatch.watch('/api/v1/namespaces', {resourceVersion: nsVersion, fieldSelector: "metadata.name=lens-metrics"},
         (type, obj) => {
           if(type === 'DELETED') {
             logger.debug(`namespace ${name} finally gone`)
diff --git a/src/main/node-shell-session.ts b/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
index 83bb222851..2593db6f99 100644
--- a/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ export class NodeShellSession extends ShellSession {
   }
 
   protected waitForRunningPod(podId: string) {
-    return new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
+    return new Promise<boolean>(async (resolve, reject) => {
       const kc = this.getKubeConfig();
       const watch = new k8s.Watch(kc);
 
-      const req = watch.watch(`/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods`, {},
+      const req = await watch.watch(`/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods`, {},
       // callback is called for each received object.
         (_type, obj) => {
           if (obj.metadata.name == podId && obj.status.phase === "Running") {
diff --git a/src/main/routes/watch.ts b/src/main/routes/watch.ts
index 043d3bb7d9..8013860969 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/watch.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/watch.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ApiWatcher {
     this.response = response
   }
 
-  public start() {
+  public async start() {
     if (this.processor) {
       clearInterval(this.processor)
     }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ApiWatcher {
       events.map(event => this.sendEvent(event))
       this.response.flushHeaders()
     }, 50)
-    this.watchRequest = this.watch.watch(this.apiUrl, {}, this.watchHandler.bind(this), this.doneHandler.bind(this))
+    this.watchRequest = await this.watch.watch(this.apiUrl, {}, this.watchHandler.bind(this), this.doneHandler.bind(this))
   }
 
   public stop() {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6dc8136d8e..695a144da7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1018,10 +1018,10 @@
     "@types/istanbul-reports" "^1.1.1"
     "@types/yargs" "^13.0.0"
 
-"@kubernetes/client-node@0.11.0":
-  version "0.11.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@kubernetes/client-node/-/client-node-0.11.0.tgz#e85a8c970bf784c72ff4d7c63e158a1651ed5394"
-  integrity sha512-1DQG9rNgn1fNpfStCBnvErGMcuF29ixGuQAjh3CVPLCFVsQCtNQjbSOIEV7XV18YEa2fj2hLU52TmJMSII0Kzw==
+"@kubernetes/client-node@0.11.1":
+  version "0.11.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@kubernetes/client-node/-/client-node-0.11.1.tgz#87ae6a8e4f3d1937acdda5ebc21ce49c18c820ae"
+  integrity sha512-0A4nwErxzJiGt3WYMR6rvcQF46hFz04b6uCmW7Kuj+Cl0zwe7KKxeMiqbZDtHPOq1CcOHOIcKNWCacUKL5CdxQ==
   dependencies:
     "@types/js-yaml" "^3.12.1"
     "@types/node" "^10.12.0"
@@ -1035,6 +1035,7 @@
     jsonpath-plus "^0.19.0"
     openid-client "2.5.0"
     request "^2.88.0"
+    rfc4648 "^1.3.0"
     shelljs "^0.8.2"
     tslib "^1.9.3"
     underscore "^1.9.1"
@@ -9673,6 +9674,11 @@ retry@^0.12.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz#1b42a6266a21f07421d1b0b54b7dc167b01c013b"
   integrity sha1-G0KmJmoh8HQh0bC1S33BZ7AcATs=
 
+rfc4648@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rfc4648/-/rfc4648-1.3.0.tgz#2a69c76f05bc0e388feab933672de9b492af95f1"
+  integrity sha512-x36K12jOflpm1V8QjPq3I+pt7Z1xzeZIjiC8J2Oxd7bE1efTrOG241DTYVJByP/SxR9jl1t7iZqYxDX864jgBQ==
+
 rimraf@2, rimraf@^2.5.2, rimraf@^2.5.4, rimraf@^2.6.1, rimraf@^2.6.3:
   version "2.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.7.1.tgz#35797f13a7fdadc566142c29d4f07ccad483e3ec"