diff --git a/e2e/support/test_support.go b/e2e/support/test_support.go
index bc2d726cc4..d74dcbf94a 100644
--- a/e2e/support/test_support.go
+++ b/e2e/support/test_support.go
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ var NoOlmOperatorImage string
 
 var testContext = context.TODO()
 var testClient client.Client
-var clientMutex = sync.Mutex{}
 
 var testSetupMutex = sync.Mutex{}
 var kamelInstallMutex = sync.Mutex{}
@@ -162,8 +161,6 @@ func TestContext() context.Context {
 }
 
 func TestClient(t *testing.T) client.Client {
-	clientMutex.Lock()
-	defer clientMutex.Unlock()
 
 	if testClient != nil {
 		return testClient
@@ -178,8 +175,6 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) client.Client {
 }
 
 func RefreshClient(t *testing.T) client.Client {
-	clientMutex.Lock()
-	defer clientMutex.Unlock()
 
 	var err error
 	testClient, err = NewTestClient()
diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index 15fafbcb02..201afae340 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/scale"
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ const (
 	kubeConfigEnvVar         = "KUBECONFIG"
 )
 
+var newClientMutex sync.Mutex
+
 // Client is an abstraction for a k8s client.
 type Client interface {
 	ctrl.Client
@@ -125,6 +128,13 @@ func NewClient(fastDiscovery bool) (Client, error) {
 
 // NewClientWithConfig creates a new k8s client that can be used from outside or in the cluster.
 func NewClientWithConfig(fastDiscovery bool, cfg *rest.Config) (Client, error) {
+
+	// The below call to apis.AddToScheme is not thread safe in the k8s API
+	// We try to synchronize here across all k8s clients
+	// https://github.com/apache/camel-k/issues/5315
+	newClientMutex.Lock()
+	defer newClientMutex.Unlock()
+
 	clientScheme := scheme.Scheme
 
 	// Setup Scheme for all resources