diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
index 9244d5e6ab..4f67ed1401 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
 
       it("requests the watch", () => {
         expect(fetchMock.mock.lastCall).toMatchObject([
-          "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=",
+          "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=&timeoutSeconds=600",
           {
             headers: {
               "content-type": "application/json",
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
         beforeEach(async () => {
           await fetchMock.resolveSpecific(
             ([url, init]) => {
-              const isMatch = url === "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=";
+              const isMatch = url === "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=&timeoutSeconds=600";
 
               if (isMatch) {
                 init?.signal?.addEventListener("abort", () => {
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
 
               return isMatch;
             },
-            createMockResponseFromStream("http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=", stream),
+            createMockResponseFromStream("http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=&timeoutSeconds=600", stream),
           );
         });
 
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
 
       it("requests the watch", () => {
         expect(fetchMock.mock.lastCall).toMatchObject([
-          "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=",
+          "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=&timeoutSeconds=600",
           {
             headers: {
               "content-type": "application/json",
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
         beforeEach(async () => {
           await fetchMock.resolveSpecific(
             ([url, init]) => {
-              const isMatch = url === "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=";
+              const isMatch = url === "http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=&timeoutSeconds=600";
 
               if (isMatch) {
                 init?.signal?.addEventListener("abort", () => {
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
 
               return isMatch;
             },
-            createMockResponseFromStream("http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=", stream),
+            createMockResponseFromStream("http://127.0.0.1:9999/api-kube/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/pods?watch=1&resourceVersion=&timeoutSeconds=600", stream),
           );
         });
 
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
index 593a1de38c..7ca2995906 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import byline from "byline";
 import type { IKubeWatchEvent } from "./kube-watch-event";
 import type { KubeJsonApiData, KubeJsonApi } from "./kube-json-api";
 import type { Disposer } from "../utils";
-import { setTimeoutFor, isDefined, noop, WrappedAbortController } from "../utils";
+import { isDefined, noop, WrappedAbortController } from "../utils";
 import type { RequestInit, Response } from "node-fetch";
 import type { Patch } from "rfc6902";
 import assert from "assert";
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ export class KubeApi<
       namespace,
       callback = noop as KubeApiWatchCallback<Data>,
       retry = false,
-      timeout,
+      timeout = 600,
       watchId = `${this.kind.toLowerCase()}-${this.watchId++}`,
     } = opts ?? {};
 
@@ -651,8 +651,6 @@ export class KubeApi<
       clearTimeout(timedRetry);
     });
 
-    setTimeoutFor(abortController, 600 * 1000);
-
     const requestParams = timeout ? { query: { timeoutSeconds: timeout }} : {};
     const watchUrl = this.getWatchUrl(namespace);
     const responsePromise = this.request.getResponse(watchUrl, requestParams, {
@@ -695,8 +693,10 @@ export class KubeApi<
           }, timeout * 1000 * 1.1);
         }
 
-        if (!response.body) {
-          this.dependencies.logger.error(`[KUBE-API]: watch (${watchId}) did not return a body`);
+        if (!response.body || !response.body.readable) {
+          if (!response.body) {
+            this.dependencies.logger.warn(`[KUBE-API]: watch (${watchId}) did not return a body`);
+          }
           requestRetried = true;
 
           clearTimeout(timedRetry);