diff --git a/pkg/client/run.go b/pkg/client/run.go
index 74ffef370..e081f0e53 100644
--- a/pkg/client/run.go
+++ b/pkg/client/run.go
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ func (c *SonobuoyClient) Run(cfg *RunConfig) error {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not get object namespace")
 		}
 		// err is used to determine output for user; but first extract resource
-		newObj, err := c.dynamicClient.CreateObject(obj)
-		resource, err2 := c.dynamicClient.ResourceVersion(newObj)
+		_, err = c.dynamicClient.CreateObject(obj)
+		resource, err2 := c.dynamicClient.ResourceVersion(obj)
 		if err2 != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not get resource of object")
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/dynamic/client.go b/pkg/dynamic/client.go
index d61b5cf64..4a3ac4565 100644
--- a/pkg/dynamic/client.go
+++ b/pkg/dynamic/client.go
@@ -94,5 +94,9 @@ func (a *APIHelper) Namespace(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) (string, error) {
 
 // ResourceVersion returns the resource version of a kubernetes object.
 func (a *APIHelper) ResourceVersion(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) (string, error) {
-	return a.Accessor.ResourceVersion(obj)
+	restMapping, err := a.Mapper.RESTMapping(obj.GroupVersionKind().GroupKind(), obj.GroupVersionKind().Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "could not get restMapping")
+	}
+	return restMapping.Resource.GroupResource().Resource, nil
 }