diff --git a/flyteplugins/go.mod b/flyteplugins/go.mod
index 48e906f323..e06d9fa50b 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go.mod
+++ b/flyteplugins/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/athena v1.0.0
 	github.com/bstadlbauer/dask-k8s-operator-go-client v0.1.0
 	github.com/coocood/freecache v1.1.1
-	github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.6
+	github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.12
 	github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v1.0.15
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.7
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go.sum b/flyteplugins/go.sum
index 559ec0ef58..209c816b55 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go.sum
+++ b/flyteplugins/go.sum
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQL
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 h1:8LOYc1KYPPmyKMuN8QV2DNRWNbLo6LZ0iLs8+mlH53w=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
-github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.6 h1:PI846AdnrQZ84pxRVAzA3WGihv+xXmjQHO91nj/kV9g=
-github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.6/go.mod h1:Pkt2skI1LiHs/2ZoekBnyPhuGOFMiuul6HHcKGZBsbM=
+github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.12 h1:RTcxCrqKU235cWuy+j3gkmqPJOaaYEcJaT6fsRjoS8Q=
+github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl v1.3.12/go.mod h1:Pkt2skI1LiHs/2ZoekBnyPhuGOFMiuul6HHcKGZBsbM=
 github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v1.0.15 h1:kv9jDQmytbE84caY+pkZN8trJU2ouSAmESzpTEhfTt0=
 github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib v1.0.15/go.mod h1:ghw/cjY0sEWIIbyCtcJnL/Gt7ZS7gf9SUi0CCPhbz3s=
 github.com/flyteorg/stow v0.3.6 h1:jt50ciM14qhKBaIrB+ppXXY+SXB59FNREFgTJqCyqIk=
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go
index bd49e3c1b8..6297b07c37 100755
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/pod_helper.go
@@ -219,14 +219,21 @@ func ApplyFlytePodConfiguration(ctx context.Context, tCtx pluginsCore.TaskExecut
 	}
 
 	// add copilot configuration to primaryContainer and PodSpec (if necessary)
-	if taskTemplate.GetContainer() != nil {
-		if err := AddCoPilotToContainer(ctx, config.GetK8sPluginConfig().CoPilot, primaryContainer,
-			taskTemplate.Interface, taskTemplate.GetContainer().DataConfig); err != nil {
+	var dataLoadingConfig *core.DataLoadingConfig
+	if container := taskTemplate.GetContainer(); container != nil {
+		dataLoadingConfig = container.GetDataConfig()
+	} else if pod := taskTemplate.GetK8SPod(); pod != nil {
+		dataLoadingConfig = pod.GetDataConfig()
+	}
+
+	if dataLoadingConfig != nil {
+		if err := AddCoPilotToContainer(ctx, config.GetK8sPluginConfig().CoPilot,
+			primaryContainer, taskTemplate.Interface, dataLoadingConfig); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 
 		if err := AddCoPilotToPod(ctx, config.GetK8sPluginConfig().CoPilot, podSpec, taskTemplate.GetInterface(),
-			tCtx.TaskExecutionMetadata(), tCtx.InputReader(), tCtx.OutputWriter(), taskTemplate.GetContainer().GetDataConfig()); err != nil {
+			tCtx.TaskExecutionMetadata(), tCtx.InputReader(), tCtx.OutputWriter(), dataLoadingConfig); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}