diff --git a/scrapers/kubernetes/informers.go b/scrapers/kubernetes/informers.go
index 38f43d57..69982ed8 100644
--- a/scrapers/kubernetes/informers.go
+++ b/scrapers/kubernetes/informers.go
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 )
 
 type informerCacheData struct {
-	informer cache.SharedInformer
+	informer informers.GenericInformer
 	stopper  chan (struct{})
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (t *SharedInformerManager) Register(ctx api.ScrapeContext, watchResource v1
 	ctx.Context = ctx.WithName("watch." + ctx.ScrapeConfig().Name)
 
 	ctx.Logger.V(1).Infof("registering shared informer for: %v", watchResource)
-	_, err := informer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+	_, err := informer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj any) {
 			u, err := getUnstructuredFromInformedObj(watchResource, obj)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -96,14 +97,14 @@ func (t *SharedInformerManager) Register(ctx api.ScrapeContext, watchResource v1
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		informer.Run(stopper)
+		informer.Informer().Run(stopper)
 		ctx.Logger.V(1).Infof("stopped shared informer for: %v", watchResource)
 	}()
 	return nil
 }
 
 // getOrCreate returns an existing shared informer instance or creates & returns a new one.
-func (t *SharedInformerManager) getOrCreate(ctx api.ScrapeContext, apiVersion, kind string) (cache.SharedInformer, chan struct{}, bool) {
+func (t *SharedInformerManager) getOrCreate(ctx api.ScrapeContext, apiVersion, kind string) (informers.GenericInformer, chan struct{}, bool) {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()
 
@@ -119,7 +120,10 @@ func (t *SharedInformerManager) getOrCreate(ctx api.ScrapeContext, apiVersion, k
 	factory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(ctx.Kubernetes(), 0)
 	stopper := make(chan struct{})
 
-	informer := getInformer(factory, apiVersion, kind)
+	informer, err := getInformer(factory, apiVersion, kind)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, false
+	}
 	ctx.Gauge("kubernetes_active_shared_informers").Add(1)
 
 	cacheValue := &informerCacheData{
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ func (t *SharedInformerManager) stop(ctx api.ScrapeContext, kubeconfig string, e
 			if !lo.Contains(exception, key) {
 				ctx.Logger.V(1).Infof("stopping informer for %s", key)
 
-				cached.informer.IsStopped()
+				cached.informer.Informer().IsStopped()
 				ctx.Gauge("kubernetes_active_shared_informers").Sub(1)
 
 				toDelete = append(toDelete, key)
@@ -163,41 +167,15 @@ func (t *SharedInformerManager) stop(ctx api.ScrapeContext, kubeconfig string, e
 	}
 }
 
-func getInformer(factory informers.SharedInformerFactory, apiVersion, kind string) cache.SharedInformer {
-	// TODO: need to populate this
-
-	kind = strings.ToLower(kind)
-	switch strings.ToLower(apiVersion) {
-	case "v1":
-		switch kind {
-		case "pod":
-			return factory.Core().V1().Pods().Informer()
-		case "node":
-			return factory.Core().V1().Nodes().Informer()
-		}
-
-	case "apps/v1":
-		switch kind {
-		case "deployment":
-			return factory.Apps().V1().Deployments().Informer()
-		case "daemonset":
-			return factory.Apps().V1().DaemonSets().Informer()
-		case "replicaset":
-			return factory.Apps().V1().ReplicaSets().Informer()
-		case "statefulset":
-			return factory.Apps().V1().StatefulSets().Informer()
-		}
-
-	case "batch/v1":
-		switch kind {
-		case "cronjob":
-			return factory.Batch().V1().CronJobs().Informer()
-		case "job":
-			return factory.Batch().V1().Jobs().Informer()
-		}
+func getInformer(factory informers.SharedInformerFactory, apiVersion, kind string) (informers.GenericInformer, error) {
+	gvk := schema.FromAPIVersionAndKind(apiVersion, kind)
+	gvr := schema.GroupVersionResource{
+		Group:    gvk.Group,
+		Version:  gvk.Version,
+		Resource: KindToResource(gvk.Kind),
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return factory.ForResource(gvr)
 }
 
 // logToJobHistory logs any failures in saving a playbook run to the job history.
@@ -210,3 +188,7 @@ func logToJobHistory(ctx context.Context, job string, scraperID *uuid.UUID, err
 		logger.Errorf("error persisting job history: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func KindToResource(kind string) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(kind) + "s"
+}