diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 69d0f3d..d6eac51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.23.5
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.5
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.1
 )
 
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.30.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20211115234752-e816edb12b65 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20211116205334-6203023598ed // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/service.go b/pkg/metrics/service.go
index d6855a0..c1043af 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/service.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/service.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8serr "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
 	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func createOrUpdateServiceMonitor(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, sm
 			log.Info("Error retrieving service object", "Error", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		
+
 		// update the Service Monitor
 		sm.ResourceVersion = existingServiceMonitor.ResourceVersion
 		if err = client.Update(ctx, sm); err != nil {
@@ -317,12 +317,18 @@ func createClient() (client.Client, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = monitoringv1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	err = monitoringv1.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = routev1.Install(scheme)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	client, err := client.New(config, client.Options{Scheme: scheme.Scheme})
+	client, err := client.New(config, client.Options{Scheme: scheme})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}