diff --git a/authentik/outposts/controllers/kubernetes.py b/authentik/outposts/controllers/kubernetes.py
index 2489f203d..1b6d3e58d 100644
--- a/authentik/outposts/controllers/kubernetes.py
+++ b/authentik/outposts/controllers/kubernetes.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 from io import StringIO
 from typing import Type
 
-from kubernetes.client import OpenApiException
 from kubernetes.client.api_client import ApiClient
+from kubernetes.client.exceptions import ApiException
 from structlog.testing import capture_logs
-from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError
 from yaml import dump_all
 
 from authentik.outposts.controllers.base import BaseController, ControllerException
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ class KubernetesController(BaseController):
                 reconciler = self.reconcilers[reconcile_key](self)
                 reconciler.up()
 
-        except (OpenApiException, HTTPError) as exc:
-            raise ControllerException from exc
+        except ApiException as exc:
+            raise ControllerException(str(exc)) from exc
 
     def up_with_logs(self) -> list[str]:
         try:
@@ -55,8 +54,8 @@ class KubernetesController(BaseController):
                     reconciler.up()
                 all_logs += [f"{reconcile_key.title()}: {x['event']}" for x in logs]
             return all_logs
-        except (OpenApiException, HTTPError) as exc:
-            raise ControllerException from exc
+        except ApiException as exc:
+            raise ControllerException(str(exc)) from exc
 
     def down(self):
         try:
@@ -64,8 +63,8 @@ class KubernetesController(BaseController):
                 reconciler = self.reconcilers[reconcile_key](self)
                 reconciler.down()
 
-        except OpenApiException as exc:
-            raise ControllerException from exc
+        except ApiException as exc:
+            raise ControllerException(str(exc)) from exc
 
     def get_static_deployment(self) -> str:
         documents = []