diff --git a/app/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes.rb b/app/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes.rb
index 7ce8befeeeb..738d1e2bc82 100644
--- a/app/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes.rb
+++ b/app/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ module Clusters
         kubeclient = build_kubeclient!
 
         kubeclient.get_pods(namespace: actual_namespace).as_json
-      rescue KubeException => err
+      rescue Kubeclient::HttpError => err
         raise err unless err.error_code == 404
 
         []
diff --git a/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb b/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb
index ad4ad7903ad..e412d15363d 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/kubernetes_service.rb
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class KubernetesService < DeploymentService
     kubeclient = build_kubeclient!
 
     kubeclient.get_pods(namespace: actual_namespace).as_json
-  rescue KubeException => err
+  rescue Kubeclient::HttpError => err
     raise err unless err.error_code == 404
 
     []
diff --git a/app/services/ci/fetch_kubernetes_token_service.rb b/app/services/ci/fetch_kubernetes_token_service.rb
index e73c6ad6780..bca883ec0a0 100644
--- a/app/services/ci/fetch_kubernetes_token_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ci/fetch_kubernetes_token_service.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module Ci
       kubeclient = build_kubeclient!
 
       kubeclient.get_secrets.as_json
-    rescue KubeException => err
+    rescue Kubeclient::HttpError => err
       raise err unless err.error_code == 404
 
       []
diff --git a/app/services/clusters/applications/check_installation_progress_service.rb b/app/services/clusters/applications/check_installation_progress_service.rb
index bde090eaeec..90393e951a4 100644
--- a/app/services/clusters/applications/check_installation_progress_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/clusters/applications/check_installation_progress_service.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Clusters
         else
           check_timeout
         end
-      rescue KubeException => ke
+      rescue Kubeclient::HttpError => ke
         app.make_errored!("Kubernetes error: #{ke.message}") unless app.errored?
       end
 
diff --git a/app/services/clusters/applications/install_service.rb b/app/services/clusters/applications/install_service.rb
index 8ceeec687cd..4c25a09814b 100644
--- a/app/services/clusters/applications/install_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/clusters/applications/install_service.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Clusters
 
           ClusterWaitForAppInstallationWorker.perform_in(
             ClusterWaitForAppInstallationWorker::INTERVAL, app.name, app.id)
-        rescue KubeException => ke
+        rescue Kubeclient::HttpError => ke
           app.make_errored!("Kubernetes error: #{ke.message}")
         rescue StandardError
           app.make_errored!("Can't start installation process")
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace.rb b/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace.rb
index fbbddb7bffa..e6ff6160ab9 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def exists?
         @client.get_namespace(name)
-      rescue ::KubeException => ke
+      rescue ::Kubeclient::HttpError => ke
         raise ke unless ke.error_code == 404
 
         false
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace_spec.rb
index b3c987f9344..e098612f6fb 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/kubernetes/namespace_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Kubernetes::Namespace do
 
   describe '#exists?' do
     context 'when namespace do not exits' do
-      let(:exception) { ::KubeException.new(404, "namespace #{name} not found", nil) }
+      let(:exception) { ::Kubeclient::HttpError.new(404, "namespace #{name} not found", nil) }
 
       it 'returns false' do
         expect(client).to receive(:get_namespace).with(name).once.and_raise(exception)
diff --git a/spec/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes_spec.rb b/spec/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes_spec.rb
index 53a4e545ff6..add481b8096 100644
--- a/spec/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/clusters/platforms/kubernetes_spec.rb
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe Clusters::Platforms::Kubernetes, :use_clean_rails_memory_store_caching
         stub_kubeclient_pods(status: 500)
       end
 
-      it { expect { subject }.to raise_error(KubeException) }
+      it { expect { subject }.to raise_error(Kubeclient::HttpError) }
     end
 
     context 'when kubernetes responds with 404s' do
diff --git a/spec/models/project_services/kubernetes_service_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_services/kubernetes_service_spec.rb
index 622d8844a72..3be023a48c1 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_services/kubernetes_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_services/kubernetes_service_spec.rb
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ describe KubernetesService, :use_clean_rails_memory_store_caching do
         stub_kubeclient_pods(status: 500)
       end
 
-      it { expect { subject }.to raise_error(KubeException) }
+      it { expect { subject }.to raise_error(Kubeclient::HttpError) }
     end
 
     context 'when kubernetes responds with 404s' do
diff --git a/spec/services/clusters/applications/install_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/clusters/applications/install_service_spec.rb
index ad175226e92..93199964a0e 100644
--- a/spec/services/clusters/applications/install_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/clusters/applications/install_service_spec.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe Clusters::Applications::InstallService do
 
     context 'when k8s cluster communication fails' do
       before do
-        error = KubeException.new(500, 'system failure', nil)
+        error = Kubeclient::HttpError.new(500, 'system failure', nil)
         expect(helm_client).to receive(:install).with(install_command).and_raise(error)
       end