diff --git a/internal/k8sinternal/client.go b/internal/k8sinternal/client.go
index 1ea9f0fa..8de91ad4 100644
--- a/internal/k8sinternal/client.go
+++ b/internal/k8sinternal/client.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ func NewKubeClientLocal(configPath string) (KubeClient, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Ignore warnings from kubeclient as they are expected to be reported by the deprecatedapi auditor.
+	kubeconfig.WarningHandler = rest.NoWarnings{}
+
 	return newKubeClientFromConfig(kubeconfig)
 }