diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/ReconcilerUtilsTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/ReconcilerUtilsTest.java
index 3cf2a4a6bc..1bdad72c76 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/ReconcilerUtilsTest.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/ReconcilerUtilsTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ContainerBuilder;
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.DeploymentSpec;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientException;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.HttpRequest;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Group;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.ShortNames;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Version;
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 class ReconcilerUtilsTest {
 
@@ -116,10 +121,13 @@ private Deployment createTestDeployment() {
 
   @Test
   void handleKubernetesExceptionShouldThrowMissingCRDExceptionWhenAppropriate() {
+    var request = mock(HttpRequest.class);
+    when(request.uri()).thenReturn(URI
+        .create(RESOURCE_URI));
     assertThrows(MissingCRDException.class, () -> handleKubernetesClientException(
         new KubernetesClientException(
-            "Failure executing: GET at: https://kubernetes.docker.internal:6443/apis/tomcatoperator.io/v1/tomcats. Message: Not Found.",
-            404, null),
+            "Failure executing: GET at: " + RESOURCE_URI + ". Message: Not Found.",
+            null, 404, null, request),
         HasMetadata.getFullResourceName(Tomcat.class)));
   }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 083cbd7944..fac2742029 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
 
         <junit.version>5.9.0</junit.version>
-        <fabric8-client.version>6.0.0</fabric8-client.version>
+        <fabric8-client.version>6.1.1</fabric8-client.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>4.7.0</mokito.version>