diff --git a/cloud_pipelines_backend/launchers/kubernetes_launchers.py b/cloud_pipelines_backend/launchers/kubernetes_launchers.py
index 6c481ba..d97b2bf 100644
--- a/cloud_pipelines_backend/launchers/kubernetes_launchers.py
+++ b/cloud_pipelines_backend/launchers/kubernetes_launchers.py
@@ -1778,13 +1778,13 @@ def windows_path_to_docker_path(path: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _kubernetes_serialize(obj) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    shallow_client = k8s_client_lib.ApiClient.__new__(k8s_client_lib.ApiClient)
-    return shallow_client.sanitize_for_serialization(obj)
+    client = k8s_client_lib.ApiClient()
+    return client.sanitize_for_serialization(obj)
 
 
 def _kubernetes_deserialize(obj_dict: dict[str, Any], cls: typing.Type[_T]) -> _T:
-    shallow_client = k8s_client_lib.ApiClient.__new__(k8s_client_lib.ApiClient)
-    return shallow_client._ApiClient__deserialize(obj_dict, cls)
+    client = k8s_client_lib.ApiClient()
+    return client._ApiClient__deserialize(obj_dict, cls)
 
 
 def _update_dict_recursively(d1: dict, d2: dict):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 930e451..3cfe353 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "bugsnag>=4.9.0,<5",
     "cloud-pipelines>=0.23.2.4",
     "fastapi[standard]>=0.115.12",
-    "kubernetes>=33.1.0,<36",
+    "kubernetes>=36.0.0,<37",
     "opentelemetry-api>=1.41.1",
     "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc>=1.41.1",
     "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http>=1.39.1",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 795f9a8..37b0055 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ resolution-markers = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-exclude-newer = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" # This has no effect and is included for backwards compatibility when using relative exclude-newer values.
+exclude-newer = "2026-05-16T02:23:24.108506Z"
 exclude-newer-span = "P7D"
 
+[options.exclude-newer-package]
+kubernetes-stubs-elephant-fork = false
+kubernetes = false
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aiofiles"
 version = "25.1.0"
@@ -660,7 +664,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "bugsnag", specifier = ">=4.9.0,<5" },
     { name = "cloud-pipelines", specifier = ">=0.23.2.4" },
     { name = "fastapi", extras = ["standard"], specifier = ">=0.115.12" },
-    { name = "kubernetes", specifier = ">=33.1.0" },
+    { name = "kubernetes", specifier = ">=36.0.0,<37" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-api", specifier = ">=1.41.1" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc", specifier = ">=1.41.1" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http", specifier = ">=1.39.1" },
@@ -1602,9 +1606,10 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kubernetes"
-version = "35.0.0"
+version = "36.0.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "aiohttp" },
     { name = "certifi" },
     { name = "durationpy" },
     { name = "python-dateutil" },
@@ -1615,9 +1620,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "urllib3" },
     { name = "websocket-client" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2c/8f/85bf51ad4150f64e8c665daf0d9dfe9787ae92005efb9a4d1cba592bd79d/kubernetes-35.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3d00d344944239821458b9efd484d6df9f011da367ecb155dadf9513f05f09ee", size = 1094642, upload-time = "2026-01-16T01:05:27.76Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bf/59/dc635e4e9afb3884bc5c57f14fe23783e4c04601aa20b835ac75c41d1625/kubernetes-36.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:027b606bb8032e6c6464a53236bdd9bd9a94c237e1063bc45a303c25b304ced9", size = 2346728, upload-time = "2026-05-20T20:44:24.28Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0c/70/05b685ea2dffcb2adbf3cdcea5d8865b7bc66f67249084cf845012a0ff13/kubernetes-35.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:39e2b33b46e5834ef6c3985ebfe2047ab39135d41de51ce7641a7ca5b372a13d", size = 2017602, upload-time = "2026-01-16T01:05:25.991Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cd/d2/6f99ca9c7eb961dfdd45b9643101399a8ee20922c662c362c91e9cc7e832/kubernetes-36.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a766433357ec9f90db7565cccf52e28e7fca40b0ef366c80a6022adbc0ac0425", size = 4660469, upload-time = "2026-05-20T20:44:20.893Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]