diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54ae76be88..16e2b126be 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/karpenter
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.22.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/Pallinder/go-randomdata v1.2.0
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.3
-	k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.29.3
+	k8s.io/api v0.30.0
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.0
+	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.30.0
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.30.0
+	k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.30.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230712131115-7051d301e7f4
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.1 // indirect
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.18.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.124.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 58b6e5bf51..e3a70e0ee0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1m
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible h1:4onqiflcdA9EOZ4RxV643DvftH5pOlLGNtQ5lPWQu84=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 h1:lRj6N9Nci7MvzrXuX6HFzU8XjmhPiXPlsKEy1u0KQro=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.1.1-0.20191105210325-c90efee705ee/go.mod h1:QqPTAvyqsEbceGzB
 golang.org/x/mod v0.1.1-0.20191107180719-034126e5016b/go.mod h1:QqPTAvyqsEbceGzBzNggFXnrqF1CaUcvgkdR5Ot7KZg=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0 h1:dGoOF9QVLYng8IHTm7BAyWqCqSheQ5pYWGhzW00YJr0=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0 h1:SernR4v+D55NyBH2QiEQrlBAnj1ECL6AGrA5+dPaMY8=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181114220301-adae6a3d119a/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200729194436-6467de6f59a7/go.mod h1:njjCfa9FT2d7l9Bc
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200804011535-6c149bb5ef0d/go.mod h1:njjCfa9FT2d7l9Bc6FUM5FLjQPp3cFF28FI3qnDFljA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200825202427-b303f430e36d/go.mod h1:njjCfa9FT2d7l9Bc6FUM5FLjQPp3cFF28FI3qnDFljA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0 h1:FvmRgNOcs3kOa+T20R1uhfP9F6HgG2mfxDv1vrx1Htc=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0/go.mod h1:xsh6VxdV005rRVaS6SSAf9oiAqljS7UZUacMZ8Bnsps=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.18.0 h1:k8NLag8AGHnn+PHbl7g43CtqZAwG60vZkLqgyZgIHgQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.18.0/go.mod h1:GL7B4CwcLLeo59yx/9UWWuNOW1n3VZ4f5axWfML7Lcg=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
@@ -652,24 +652,24 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.29.3 h1:2ORfZ7+bGC3YJqGpV0KSDDEVf8hdGQ6A03/50vj8pmw=
-k8s.io/api v0.29.3/go.mod h1:y2yg2NTyHUUkIoTC+phinTnEa3KFM6RZ3szxt014a80=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.3 h1:9HF+EtZaVpFjStakF4yVufnXGPRppWFEQ87qnO91YeI=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.3/go.mod h1:po0XiY5scnpJfFizNGo6puNU6Fq6D70UJY2Cb2KwAVc=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3 h1:2tbx+5L7RNvqJjn7RIuIKu9XTsIZ9Z5wX2G22XAa5EU=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.3/go.mod h1:hx/S4V2PNW4OMg3WizRrHutyB5la0iCUbZym+W0EQIU=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.29.3 h1:R/zaZbEAxqComZ9FHeQwOh3Y1ZUs7FaHKZdQtIc2WZg=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.29.3/go.mod h1:tkDisCvgPfiRpxGnOORfkljmS+UrW+WtXAy2fTvXJB0=
-k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.29.3 h1:y39hNq0lrPD1qmqQ2ykwMJGeWF9LsepVkR2a4wskwLc=
-k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.29.3/go.mod h1:daDV1WkAO6pTrdsn7v8TpN/q9n75ExUC4RJDl7vlPKk=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.29.3 h1:Oq9/nddUxlnrCuuR2K/jp6aflVvc0uDvxMzAWxnGzAo=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.29.3/go.mod h1:Yuj33XXjuOk2BAaHsIGHhCKZQAgYKhqIxIjIr2UXYio=
-k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.29.3 h1:GNYCE0f86K3Xkyrk7WKKwQZkJrum6QQapbOzYxZv6Mg=
-k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.29.3/go.mod h1:snAzieA58/oiQXQZr27b0+b6/3+ZzitwI+57cUsMKKQ=
+k8s.io/api v0.30.0 h1:siWhRq7cNjy2iHssOB9SCGNCl2spiF1dO3dABqZ8niA=
+k8s.io/api v0.30.0/go.mod h1:OPlaYhoHs8EQ1ql0R/TsUgaRPhpKNxIMrKQfWUp8QSE=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.0 h1:jcZFKMqnICJfRxTgnC4E+Hpcq8UEhT8B2lhBcQ+6uAs=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.30.0/go.mod h1:N9ogQFGcrbWqAY9p2mUAL5mGxsLqwgtUce127VtRX5Y=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.0 h1:qxVPsyDM5XS96NIh9Oj6LavoVFYff/Pon9cZeDIkHHA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.0/go.mod h1:iexa2somDaxdnj7bha06bhb43Zpa6eWH8N8dbqVjTUc=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.30.0 h1:sB1AGGlhY/o7KCyCEQ0bPWzYDL0pwOZO4vAtTSh/gJQ=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.30.0/go.mod h1:g7li5O5256qe6TYdAMyX/otJqMhIiGgTapdLchhmOaY=
+k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.30.0 h1:hz1MXkFjsyO167sRZVchXEi2YYMQ6kolBi79nuICjzw=
+k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.30.0/go.mod h1:iyVcGvDfmZ7m5cliI9TTHj0VTjYDNpc/K71Gp6hukjU=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.30.0 h1:cj6bp38g0ainlfYtaOQuRELh5KSYjhKxM+io7AUIk4o=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.30.0/go.mod h1:V9x/0ePFNaKeKYA3bOvIbrNoluTSG+fSJKjLdjOoeXQ=
+k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.30.0 h1:pEe6jshNVE4od2AdgYlsAtiKP/MH+NcsBbUPA/dWA6U=
+k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.30.0/go.mod h1:5TT/awOiKEX+8CcbReVYJyddT7xqlFrp3ChE9e45MyU=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 h1:QXU6cPEOIslTGvZaXvFWiP9VKyeet3sawzTOvdXb4Vw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 h1:aVUu9fTY98ivBPKR9Y5w/AuzbMm96cd3YHRTU83I780=
-k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00/go.mod h1:AsvuZPBlUDVuCdzJ87iajxtXuR9oktsTctW/R9wwouA=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7FjZpUb45WallggurYhKGag=
+k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e h1:eQ/4ljkx21sObifjzXwlPKpdGLrCfRziVtos3ofG/sQ=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230712131115-7051d301e7f4 h1:oO/BQJpVCFTSTMHF/S6u+nPtIvbHDTsvbPZvdCZAFjs=
@@ -677,8 +677,8 @@ knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230712131115-7051d301e7f4/go.mod h1:eXobTqst4aI7CNa6W7s
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3 h1:65QmN7r3FWgTxDMz9fvGnO1kbf2nu+acg9p2R9oYYYk=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.3/go.mod h1:N0jpP5Lo7lMTF9aL56Z/B2oWBJjey6StQM0jRbKQXtY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0 h1:Z7jKuX784TQSUL1TIyeuF7j8KXZ4RtSX0YgtjKcSTME=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.0/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
diff --git a/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodeclaims.yaml b/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodeclaims.yaml
index f10079e985..0151afd603 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodeclaims.yaml
+++ b/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodeclaims.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
   name: nodeclaims.karpenter.sh
 spec:
   group: karpenter.sh
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ spec:
                         items:
                           type: string
                         type: array
+                        x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                         maxLength: 63
                         pattern: ^(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])?$
                     required:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodepools.yaml b/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodepools.yaml
index f93edb4c20..d7ebcc391d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodepools.yaml
+++ b/pkg/apis/crds/karpenter.sh_nodepools.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.14.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
   name: nodepools.karpenter.sh
 spec:
   group: karpenter.sh
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ spec:
                                 items:
                                   type: string
                                 type: array
+                                x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                                 maxLength: 63
                                 pattern: ^(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])?$
                             required:
diff --git a/pkg/test/environment.go b/pkg/test/environment.go
index 7783dcc744..9ff5200ab5 100644
--- a/pkg/test/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/test/environment.go
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/avast/retry-go"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/system"
@@ -126,12 +123,6 @@ func NewEnvironment(scheme *runtime.Scheme, options ...functional.Option[Environ
 	} else {
 		c = lo.Must(client.New(environment.Config, client.Options{Scheme: scheme}))
 	}
-	// Retry getting the default namespace before the environment starts up
-	// We need this to solve https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/karpenter/issues/887 until
-	// controller-runtime v0.18.0 is released, at which point we can remove this retry statement
-	lo.Must0(retry.Do(func() error {
-		return c.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: metav1.NamespaceDefault}, &corev1.Namespace{})
-	}))
 	return &Environment{
 		Environment:         environment,
 		Client:              c,