diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 69bb6dbd..bdfd98b7 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-KubernetesClient 1.6.11 - Apache-2.0
+KubernetesClient 2.0.17 - Apache-2.0
 (c) 2008 VeriSign, Inc.
 
 
diff --git a/eng/Signing.props b/eng/Signing.props
index c02f81d8..bd491eeb 100644
--- a/eng/Signing.props
+++ b/eng/Signing.props
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <FileSignInfo Include="Bedrock.Framework.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="Elasticsearch.Net.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="FeatherHttp.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
+    <FileSignInfo Include="Fractions.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="KubernetesClient.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="OpenTelemetry.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="OpenTelemetry.Api.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj
index 9ce3e6b3..9223f72b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Microsoft.Tye.Core.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="KubernetesClient" Version="1.6.11" />
+    <PackageReference Include="KubernetesClient" Version="2.0.17" />
     <!--
       The Microsoft.Build.Locator package takes care of dynamically loading these assemblies
       at runtime. We don't need/want to ship them, just to have them as references.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateIngressStep.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateIngressStep.cs
index b7e7aa69..6d99fd17 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateIngressStep.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateIngressStep.cs
@@ -56,13 +56,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye
             output.WriteDebugLine($"Validating ingress class '{ingressClass}'.");
             var config = KubernetesClientConfiguration.BuildDefaultConfig();
 
-            // Workaround for https://github.com/kubernetes-client/csharp/issues/372
-            var store = await KubernetesClientConfiguration.LoadKubeConfigAsync();
-            var context = store.Contexts.Where(c => c.Name == config.CurrentContext).FirstOrDefault();
-
-            // Use namespace of application, or current context, or 'default'
-            config.Namespace = application.Namespace;
-            config.Namespace ??= context?.ContextDetails?.Namespace ?? "default";
+            // If namespace is null, set it to default
+            config.Namespace ??= "default";
 
             var kubernetes = new Kubernetes(config);
 
@@ -110,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye
 
             output.WriteAlwaysLine(
                 "Tye can deploy the ingress-nginx controller for you. This will be a basic deployment suitable for " +
-                "experimentation and development. Your production needs, or requirments may differ depending on your Kubernetes distribution. " +
+                "experimentation and development. Your production needs, or requirements may differ depending on your Kubernetes distribution. " +
                 "See: https://aka.ms/tye/ingress for documentation.");
             if (!output.Confirm($"Deploy ingress-nginx"))
             {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateSecretStep.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateSecretStep.cs
index c508c81a..332b466b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateSecretStep.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/ValidateSecretStep.cs
@@ -53,13 +53,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye
 
                     var config = KubernetesClientConfiguration.BuildDefaultConfig();
 
-                    // Workaround for https://github.com/kubernetes-client/csharp/issues/372
-                    var store = await KubernetesClientConfiguration.LoadKubeConfigAsync();
-                    var context = store.Contexts.Where(c => c.Name == config.CurrentContext).FirstOrDefault();
-
-                    // Use namespace of application, or current context, or 'default'
-                    config.Namespace = application.Namespace;
-                    config.Namespace ??= context?.ContextDetails?.Namespace ?? "default";
+                    // If namespace is null, set it to default
+                    config.Namespace ??= "default";
 
                     var kubernetes = new Kubernetes(config);
 
diff --git a/src/tye/UndeployHost.cs b/src/tye/UndeployHost.cs
index 89adf0bd..1c1e6901 100644
--- a/src/tye/UndeployHost.cs
+++ b/src/tye/UndeployHost.cs
@@ -37,16 +37,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye
         {
             var config = KubernetesClientConfiguration.BuildDefaultConfig();
 
-            // Workaround for https://github.com/kubernetes-client/csharp/issues/372
-            var store = await KubernetesClientConfiguration.LoadKubeConfigAsync();
-            var context = store.Contexts.Where(c => c.Name == config.CurrentContext).FirstOrDefault();
-
-            // Use namespace of application, or current context, or 'default'
-            config.Namespace = application.Namespace;
-            config.Namespace ??= context?.ContextDetails?.Namespace ?? "default";
-
             var kubernetes = new Kubernetes(config);
 
+            // If namespace is null, set it to default
+            config.Namespace ??= "default";
+
             // Due to some limitations in the k8s SDK we currently have a hardcoded list of resource
             // types that we handle deletes for. If we start adding extensibility for the *kinds* of
             // k8s resources we create, or the ability to deploy additional files along with the