diff --git a/api/kubernetes/cli/server_version.go b/api/kubernetes/cli/server_version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b529c22f74af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/kubernetes/cli/server_version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package cli
+
+import "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
+
+func (kcl *KubeClient) ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
+	return kcl.cli.Discovery().ServerVersion()
+}
diff --git a/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go b/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go
index 1ad1f5bef7b85..aac8406326371 100644
--- a/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go
+++ b/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ func (service *PendingActionsService) Execute(id portainer.EndpointID) error {
 
 	// For Kubernetes endpoints, we need to check if the endpoint is up by creating a kube client
 	if isKubernetesEndpoint {
-		_, err := service.kubeFactory.GetKubeClient(endpoint)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Debug().Err(err).Msgf("Environment %q (id: %d) is not up", endpoint.Name, id)
-			return fmt.Errorf("environment %q (id: %d) is not up", endpoint.Name, id)
+		if client, _ := service.kubeFactory.GetKubeClient(endpoint); client != nil {
+			if _, err = client.ServerVersion(); err != nil {
+				log.Debug().Err(err).Msgf("Environment %q (id: %d) is not up", endpoint.Name, id)
+				return fmt.Errorf("environment %q (id: %d) is not up", endpoint.Name, id)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/portainer.go b/api/portainer.go
index 0e6e258d43e67..e51206f052b69 100644
--- a/api/portainer.go
+++ b/api/portainer.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/pkg/featureflags"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -1496,6 +1497,8 @@ type (
 
 	// KubeClient represents a service used to query a Kubernetes environment(endpoint)
 	KubeClient interface {
+		ServerVersion() (*version.Info, error)
+
 		SetupUserServiceAccount(userID int, teamIDs []int, restrictDefaultNamespace bool) error
 		IsRBACEnabled() (bool, error)
 		GetServiceAccount(tokendata *TokenData) (*v1.ServiceAccount, error)