diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4e5b889..37349d46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Disable kubernetes client cache in `app-operator` for EKS clusters.
+- Update `app-operator` to version `6.10.0`.
+
 ## [2.16.0] - 2023-11-14
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/helm/cluster-apps-operator/values.yaml b/helm/cluster-apps-operator/values.yaml
index 0e8efb26..588d95dd 100644
--- a/helm/cluster-apps-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/cluster-apps-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 appOperator:
   catalog: control-plane-catalog
-  version: 6.8.1
+  version: 6.10.0
 
 chartOperator:
   catalog: default
diff --git a/service/controller/resource/clusterconfigmap/desired.go b/service/controller/resource/clusterconfigmap/desired.go
index fe977352..f73ea861 100644
--- a/service/controller/resource/clusterconfigmap/desired.go
+++ b/service/controller/resource/clusterconfigmap/desired.go
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ func (r *Resource) GetDesiredState(ctx context.Context, obj interface{}) ([]*cor
 			"domain": r.registryDomain,
 		},
 	}
+	// disable kubernetes client cache for EKS cluster
+	if key.IsEKS(cr) {
+		appOperatorValues["kubernetes"] = map[string]interface{}{
+			"disableClientCache": true,
+		}
+	}
 
 	appValuesYaml, err := yaml.Marshal(appOperatorValues)
 	if err != nil {