diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-k8s-pod/flytekitplugins/pod/task.py b/plugins/flytekit-k8s-pod/flytekitplugins/pod/task.py
index e81728ddb4..c38ad33834 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-k8s-pod/flytekitplugins/pod/task.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-k8s-pod/flytekitplugins/pod/task.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from flyteidl.core import tasks_pb2 as _core_task
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ def _sanitize_resource_name(resource: _task_models.Resources.ResourceEntry) -> s
     return _core_task.Resources.ResourceName.Name(resource.name).lower().replace("_", "-")
 
 
+@dataclass
 class Pod(object):
     """
     Pod is a platform-wide configuration that uses pod templates. By default, every task is launched as a container in a pod.
@@ -29,39 +31,17 @@ class Pod(object):
     :param Optional[Dict[str, str]] annotations: Annotations are key/value pairs that are attached to arbitrary non-identifying metadata to pod spec.
     """
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        pod_spec: V1PodSpec,
-        primary_container_name: str,
-        labels: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-        annotations: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    ):
-        if not pod_spec:
+    pod_spec: V1PodSpec
+    primary_container_name: str = _PRIMARY_CONTAINER_NAME_FIELD
+    labels: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+    annotations: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+
+    def __post_init_(self):
+        if not self.pod_spec:
             raise _user_exceptions.FlyteValidationException("A pod spec cannot be undefined")
-        if not primary_container_name:
+        if not self.primary_container_name:
             raise _user_exceptions.FlyteValidationException("A primary container name cannot be undefined")
 
-        self._pod_spec = pod_spec
-        self._primary_container_name = primary_container_name
-        self._labels = labels
-        self._annotations = annotations
-
-    @property
-    def pod_spec(self) -> V1PodSpec:
-        return self._pod_spec
-
-    @property
-    def primary_container_name(self) -> str:
-        return self._primary_container_name
-
-    @property
-    def labels(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
-        return self._labels
-
-    @property
-    def annotations(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
-        return self._annotations
-
 
 class PodFunctionTask(PythonFunctionTask[Pod]):
     def __init__(self, task_config: Pod, task_function: Callable, **kwargs):
@@ -114,7 +94,7 @@ def _serialize_pod_spec(self, settings: SerializationSettings) -> Dict[str, Any]
 
             final_containers.append(container)
 
-        self.task_config._pod_spec.containers = final_containers
+        self.task_config.pod_spec.containers = final_containers
 
         return ApiClient().sanitize_for_serialization(self.task_config.pod_spec)