diff --git a/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/setup.py b/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/setup.py
index 1524bd19..80ef3399 100644
--- a/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/setup.py
+++ b/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       package_dir={
           '': 'src',
       },
-      install_requires=['benji', 'kubernetes>=10.0.0,<11'],
+      install_requires=['benji', 'kubernetes>=19.15.0'],
       entry_points="""
         [console_scripts]
             benji-backup-pvc = benji.k8s_tools.scripts.backup_pvc:main
diff --git a/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/src/benji/k8s_tools/kubernetes.py b/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/src/benji/k8s_tools/kubernetes.py
index fc03428b..94c9080d 100644
--- a/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/src/benji/k8s_tools/kubernetes.py
+++ b/images/benji-k8s/k8s-tools/src/benji/k8s_tools/kubernetes.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def pod_exec(args: List[str],
 
 
 def create_pvc_event(*, type: str, reason: str, message: str, pvc_namespace: str, pvc_name: str,
-                     pvc_uid: str) -> kubernetes.client.models.v1_event.V1Event:
+                     pvc_uid: str) -> kubernetes.client.models.core_v1_event.CoreV1Event:
     event_name = '{}-{}'.format(benji_instance, str(uuid.uuid4()))
     # Kubernetes requires a time including microseconds
     event_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow().isoformat(timespec='microseconds') + 'Z'