Please update `operator-sdk` client-go version to v0.26.4+ Why: Possible panic when using client-go v0.26.0 - v0.26.3 (looks like current client-go is affected: v0.26.2) for discovery. https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/blob/master/go.mod#L41 kubernetes issue: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119840