diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
index 4221ac2afd95e..eab45fabb4bab 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import LoggingMixin
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from kubernetes.client.models.core_v1_event_list import CoreV1EventList
+    try:
+        # Kube >= 19
+        from kubernetes.client.models.core_v1_event_list import CoreV1EventList as V1EventList
+    except ImportError:
+        from kubernetes.client.models.v1_event_list import V1EventList
 
 
 class PodLaunchFailedException(AirflowException):
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ def read_pod_logs(
             raise
 
     @tenacity.retry(stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(3), wait=tenacity.wait_exponential(), reraise=True)
-    def read_pod_events(self, pod: V1Pod) -> "CoreV1EventList":
+    def read_pod_events(self, pod: V1Pod) -> "V1EventList":
         """Reads events from the POD"""
         try:
             return self._client.list_namespaced_event(
diff --git a/tests/kubernetes/test_client.py b/tests/kubernetes/test_client.py
index b3f41fa9427bc..ce040cf3ed8f2 100644
--- a/tests/kubernetes/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/kubernetes/test_client.py
@@ -59,5 +59,9 @@ def test_disable_verify_ssl(self):
 
         _disable_verify_ssl()
 
-        configuration = Configuration()
+        # Support wide range of kube client libraries
+        if hasattr(Configuration, 'get_default_copy'):
+            configuration = Configuration.get_default_copy()
+        else:
+            configuration = Configuration()
         self.assertFalse(configuration.verify_ssl)