diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics-api-injection-token.ts b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics-api-injection-token.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e089c8f6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics-api-injection-token.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import type { PodMetricsApi } from "./pod-metrics.api";
+
+export const podMetricsApiInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<PodMetricsApi>({
+  id: "pod-metrics-api-injection-token",
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.api.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.api.injectable.ts
index ddd2b109ef..4c2efd6b28 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.api.injectable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.api.injectable.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import assert from "assert";
 import { storesAndApisCanBeCreatedInjectionToken } from "../stores-apis-can-be-created.token";
 import { PodMetricsApi } from "./pod-metrics.api";
-import { kubeApiInjectionToken } from "../kube-api/kube-api-injection-token";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../logger.injectable";
 import maybeKubeApiInjectable from "../maybe-kube-api.injectable";
+import { podMetricsApiInjectionToken } from "./pod-metrics-api-injection-token";
+
 
 const podMetricsApiInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "pod-metrics-api",
@@ -20,8 +21,7 @@ const podMetricsApiInjectable = getInjectable({
       maybeKubeApi: di.inject(maybeKubeApiInjectable),
     });
   },
-
-  injectionToken: kubeApiInjectionToken,
+  injectionToken: podMetricsApiInjectionToken,
 });
 
 export default podMetricsApiInjectable;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.kube-api.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.kube-api.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..014eba7720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.kube-api.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { kubeApiInjectionToken } from "../kube-api/kube-api-injection-token";
+import podMetricsApiInjectable from "./pod-metrics.api.injectable";
+
+const podMetricsKubeApiInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "pod-metrics-kube-api",
+  instantiate: (di) => di.inject(podMetricsApiInjectable),
+  injectionToken: kubeApiInjectionToken,
+});
+
+
+export default podMetricsKubeApiInjectable;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts
index e70b22d738..3c68aeff88 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ export type {
   MetricData,
   MetricResult,
 } from "../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/metrics.api";
+export type {
+  PodMetrics,
+} from "../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics.api";
 
 export {
   KubeObjectStatusLevel,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/renderer/library.ts b/packages/core/src/renderer/library.ts
index 1af4714943..84619f2835 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/renderer/library.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/renderer/library.ts
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ export * as ReactRouterDom from "react-router-dom";
 export * as rendererExtensionApi from "../extensions/renderer-api";
 export * as commonExtensionApi from "../extensions/common-api";
 export { metricsFeature } from "../features/metrics/metrics-feature";
+export { podMetricsApiInjectionToken } from "../common/k8s-api/endpoints/pod-metrics-api-injection-token";