diff --git a/packages/kube-object/src/api-types.ts b/packages/kube-object/src/api-types.ts
index cf79ccd0ea..80156ac0fc 100644
--- a/packages/kube-object/src/api-types.ts
+++ b/packages/kube-object/src/api-types.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export interface KubeJsonApiData<
   Status = unknown,
   Spec = unknown,
 > {
-  kind: string;
-  apiVersion: string;
+  readonly kind: string;
+  readonly apiVersion: string;
   metadata: Metadata;
   status?: Status;
   spec?: Spec;
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ export type KubeJsonApiObjectMetadata<Namespaced extends KubeObjectScope = KubeO
 export type KubeObjectMetadata<Namespaced extends KubeObjectScope = KubeObjectScope> =
   KubeJsonApiObjectMetadata<Namespaced> & {
     readonly selfLink: string;
-    readonly uid: string;
-    readonly name: string;
-    readonly resourceVersion: string;
   };
 
 export type NamespaceScopedMetadata = KubeObjectMetadata<KubeObjectScope.Namespace>;
diff --git a/packages/kube-object/src/kube-object.test.ts b/packages/kube-object/src/kube-object.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f5a2b6276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kube-object/src/kube-object.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { KubeObject } from "./kube-object";
+
+describe("kube object tests", () => {
+  it("should allow an object to be created when missing uid", () => {
+    expect(
+      () =>
+        new KubeObject({
+          apiVersion: "metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+          containers: [
+            {
+              name: "cert-manager",
+              usage: {
+                cpu: "472721n",
+                memory: "74404Ki",
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+          kind: "PodMetrics",
+          metadata: {
+            creationTimestamp: "2023-05-24T14:17:01Z",
+            labels: {
+              app: "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/component": "controller",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "Helm",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/name": "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/version": "v1.5.5",
+              "helm.sh/chart": "cert-manager-v1.5.5",
+              "pod-template-hash": "54cbdfb45c",
+            },
+            name: "cert-manager-54cbdfb45c-n4kp9",
+            namespace: "cert-manager",
+            selfLink: "/apis/metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/cert-manager/pods/cert-manager-54cbdfb45c-n4kp9",
+            resourceVersion: "123",
+          },
+          timestamp: "2023-05-24T14:16:39Z",
+          window: "16s",
+        }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("should allow an object to be created when missing resourceVersion", () => {
+    expect(
+      () =>
+        new KubeObject({
+          apiVersion: "metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+          containers: [
+            {
+              name: "cert-manager",
+              usage: {
+                cpu: "472721n",
+                memory: "74404Ki",
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+          kind: "PodMetrics",
+          metadata: {
+            creationTimestamp: "2023-05-24T14:17:01Z",
+            labels: {
+              app: "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/component": "controller",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "Helm",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/name": "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/version": "v1.5.5",
+              "helm.sh/chart": "cert-manager-v1.5.5",
+              "pod-template-hash": "54cbdfb45c",
+            },
+            name: "cert-manager-54cbdfb45c-n4kp9",
+            namespace: "cert-manager",
+            selfLink: "/apis/metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/cert-manager/pods/cert-manager-54cbdfb45c-n4kp9",
+            uid: "123",
+          },
+          timestamp: "2023-05-24T14:16:39Z",
+          window: "16s",
+        }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("should allow an object to be created when missing resourceVersion and uid", () => {
+    expect(
+      () =>
+        new KubeObject({
+          apiVersion: "metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+          containers: [
+            {
+              name: "cert-manager",
+              usage: {
+                cpu: "472721n",
+                memory: "74404Ki",
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+          kind: "PodMetrics",
+          metadata: {
+            creationTimestamp: "2023-05-24T14:17:01Z",
+            labels: {
+              app: "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/component": "controller",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "Helm",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/name": "cert-manager",
+              "app.kubernetes.io/version": "v1.5.5",
+              "helm.sh/chart": "cert-manager-v1.5.5",
+              "pod-template-hash": "54cbdfb45c",
+            },
+            name: "cert-manager-54cbdfb45c-n4kp9",
+            namespace: "cert-manager",
+            selfLink: "/apis/metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/cert-manager/pods/cert-manager-54cbdfb45c-n4kp9",
+          },
+          timestamp: "2023-05-24T14:16:39Z",
+          window: "16s",
+        }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/kube-object/src/kube-object.ts b/packages/kube-object/src/kube-object.ts
index 70d74865a2..e2ed387d8a 100644
--- a/packages/kube-object/src/kube-object.ts
+++ b/packages/kube-object/src/kube-object.ts
@@ -111,20 +111,6 @@ export class KubeObject<
       );
     }
 
-    if (!isString(data.metadata.uid)) {
-      throw new KubeCreationError(
-        `Cannot create a KubeObject from an object without metadata.uid being a string`,
-        data,
-      );
-    }
-
-    if (!isString(data.metadata.resourceVersion)) {
-      throw new KubeCreationError(
-        `Cannot create a KubeObject from an object without metadata.resourceVersion being a string`,
-        data,
-      );
-    }
-
     if (!isString(data.metadata.selfLink)) {
       throw new KubeCreationError(
         `Cannot create a KubeObject from an object without metadata.selfLink being a string`,
@@ -136,23 +122,23 @@ export class KubeObject<
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  get selfLink() {
+  get selfLink(): string {
     return this.metadata.selfLink;
   }
 
-  getId() {
-    return this.metadata.uid;
+  getId(): string {
+    return this.metadata.uid ?? this.metadata.selfLink;
   }
 
-  getResourceVersion() {
-    return this.metadata.resourceVersion;
+  getResourceVersion(): string {
+    return this.metadata.resourceVersion ?? "";
   }
 
   getScopedName() {
     return [this.getNs(), this.getName()].filter(Boolean).join("/");
   }
 
-  getName() {
+  getName(): string {
     return this.metadata.name;
   }