diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
index 36f2aea748..75f73a2490 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { DeploymentApi, Ingress, IngressApi, Pod, PodApi } from "../endpoints";
 import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../../renderer/getDiForUnitTesting";
 import apiManagerInjectable from "../api-manager/manager.injectable";
 import autoRegistrationInjectable from "../api-manager/auto-registration.injectable";
+import { AbortController } from "abort-controller";
 
 jest.mock("../api-manager");
 
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
index 5427b22159..ddc2456668 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { KubeJsonApi } from "./kube-json-api";
 import type { Disposer } from "../utils";
 import { isDefined, noop, WrappedAbortController } from "../utils";
 import type { RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
-import type AbortController from "abort-controller";
 import type { AgentOptions } from "https";
 import { Agent } from "https";
 import type { Patch } from "rfc6902";
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import type { PartialDeep } from "type-fest";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { Environments, getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/legacy-global-di-for-extension-api";
 import autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable from "./api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable";
+import type AbortController from "abort-controller";
 
 /**
  * The options used for creating a `KubeApi`
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
index 0af08e560c..bf511beb27 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import { ItemStore } from "../item.store";
 import type { KubeApiQueryParams, KubeApi, KubeApiWatchCallback } from "./kube-api";
 import { parseKubeApi } from "./kube-api-parse";
 import type { RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
-import AbortController from "abort-controller";
 import type { Patch } from "rfc6902";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import assert from "assert";
 import type { PartialDeep } from "type-fest";
 import { entries } from "../utils/objects";
+import { AbortController } from "abort-controller";
 
 export type OnLoadFailure = (error: unknown) => void;
 
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<
       callback,
     });
 
-    const { signal } = abortController;
+    // TODO: upgrade node-fetch once we are starting to use ES modules
+    const signal = abortController.signal;
 
     const callback: KubeApiWatchCallback<D> = (data, error) => {
       if (!this.isLoaded || error?.type === "aborted") return;
diff --git a/src/common/utils/abort-controller.ts b/src/common/utils/abort-controller.ts
index e115fd5868..5550dcc9e3 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/abort-controller.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/abort-controller.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
-import AbortController from "abort-controller";
 
+import { AbortController } from "abort-controller";
+
+/**
+ * This is like an `AbortController` but will also abort if the parent aborts,
+ * but won't make the parent abort if this aborts (single direction)
+ */
 export class WrappedAbortController extends AbortController {
   constructor(parent?: AbortController) {
     super();
diff --git a/src/common/utils/delay.ts b/src/common/utils/delay.ts
index 2c4a5c455e..96171f6535 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/delay.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/delay.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import type { AbortController } from "abort-controller";
+import type AbortController from "abort-controller";
 
 /**
  * Return a promise that will be resolved after at least `timeout` ms have
diff --git a/src/renderer/kube-watch-api/kube-watch-api.ts b/src/renderer/kube-watch-api/kube-watch-api.ts
index c28ea2e794..f38132d84e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/kube-watch-api/kube-watch-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/kube-watch-api/kube-watch-api.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
 import { comparer, reaction } from "mobx";
 import type { Disposer } from "../../common/utils";
 import { disposer, getOrInsert, noop, WrappedAbortController } from "../../common/utils";
-import AbortController from "abort-controller";
 import { once } from "lodash";
 import type { ClusterFrameContext } from "../cluster-frame-context/cluster-frame-context";
 import logger from "../../common/logger";
 import type { KubeObjectStoreLoadAllParams, KubeObjectStoreSubscribeParams } from "../../common/k8s-api/kube-object.store";
+import type { RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
+import { AbortController } from "abort-controller";
+
+// TODO: upgrade node-fetch once we are starting to use ES modules
+type LegacyAbortSignal = NonNullable<RequestInit["signal"]>;
 
 // Kubernetes watch-api client
 // API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API/Using_readable_streams
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d43536c43e..a92f4ca5c3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@discoveryjs/json-ext/-/json-ext-0.5.7.tgz#1d572bfbbe14b7704e0ba0f39b74815b84870d70"
   integrity sha512-dBVuXR082gk3jsFp7Rd/JI4kytwGHecnCoTtXFb7DB6CNHp4rg5k1bhg0nWdLGLnOV71lmDzGQaLMy8iPLY0pw==
 
-"@electron/get@^1.13.0":
+"@electron/get@^1.14.1":
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@electron/get/-/get-1.14.1.tgz#16ba75f02dffb74c23965e72d617adc721d27f40"
   integrity sha512-BrZYyL/6m0ZXz/lDxy/nlVhQz+WF+iPS6qXolEU8atw7h6v1aYkjwJZ63m+bJMBTxDE66X+r2tPS4a/8C82sZw==
@@ -2118,10 +2118,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.17.60.tgz#35f3d6213daed95da7f0f73e75bcc6980e90597b"
   integrity sha512-F0KIgDJfy2nA3zMLmWGKxcH2ZVEtCZXHHdOQs2gSaQ27+lNeEfGxzkIw90aXswATX7AZ33tahPbzy6KAfUreVw==
 
-"@types/node@^14.6.2":
-  version "14.18.18"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.18.18.tgz#5c9503030df484ccffcbb935ea9a9e1d6fad1a20"
-  integrity sha512-B9EoJFjhqcQ9OmQrNorItO+OwEOORNn3S31WuiHvZY/dm9ajkB7AKD/8toessEtHHNL+58jofbq7hMMY9v4yig==
+"@types/node@^16.11.26":
+  version "16.11.56"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-16.11.56.tgz#dcbb617669481e158e0f1c6204d1c768cd675901"
+  integrity sha512-aFcUkv7EddxxOa/9f74DINReQ/celqH8DiB3fRYgVDM2Xm5QJL8sl80QKuAnGvwAsMn+H3IFA6WCrQh1CY7m1A==
 
 "@types/node@^16.11.47":
   version "16.11.47"