diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4beaf4d5..700445c9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.24.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.1
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.13.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 00892a20..88b64583 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1429,8 +1429,6 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20201113171705-d219536bb9fd/go.mod h1:WOJ3KddDSol4tAG
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220328201542-3ee0da9b0b42/go.mod h1:Z/45zLw8lUo4wdiUkI+v/ImEGAvu3WatcZl3lPMR4Rk=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f h1:2kWPakN3i/k81b0gvD5C5FJ2kxm1WrQFanWchyKuqGg=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f/go.mod h1:byini6yhqGC14c3ebc/QwanvYwhuMWF6yz2F8uwW8eg=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.13.0 h1:qTfB+u5M92k2fCCCVP2iuhgwwSOv1EkAkvQY1tQODD8=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.13.0/go.mod h1:ocZa8+6APFNC2tX1DZASIbocyYT5jHzqFVsY5aoB7Jk=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20201110183641-67b214c5f920/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
diff --git a/pkg/sandbox/start.go b/pkg/sandbox/start.go
index ee7b8bc2..7ba775f7 100644
--- a/pkg/sandbox/start.go
+++ b/pkg/sandbox/start.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -103,12 +102,13 @@ func WatchFlyteDeployment(ctx context.Context, appsClient corev1.CoreV1Interface
 		ready = 0
 		if total != 0 {
 			for _, v := range pods.Items {
-				// TODO (jeev): We should really be using
-				// `IsContainersReadyConditionTrue`, but that is not available until
-				// version v1.22.11. We are on v1.13.0 for some reason.
-				if pod.IsPodReadyConditionTrue(v.Status) {
-					ready++
+				for _, condition := range v.Status.Conditions {
+					if string(condition.Type) == string(corev1api.PodReady) && condition.Status == corev1api.ConditionTrue {
+						ready++
+						break
+					}
 				}
+
 				if len(v.Status.Conditions) > 0 {
 					table.Append([]string{v.GetName(), string(v.Status.Phase), v.GetNamespace()})
 				}