diff --git a/dynamic/fake/simple.go b/dynamic/fake/simple.go
index dee16b245..197508c81 100644
--- a/dynamic/fake/simple.go
+++ b/dynamic/fake/simple.go
@@ -454,6 +454,51 @@ func (c *dynamicResourceClient) Patch(ctx context.Context, name string, pt types
 	return ret, err
 }
 
+// TODO: opts are currently ignored.
+func (c *dynamicResourceClient) Apply(ctx context.Context, name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, options metav1.ApplyOptions, subresources ...string) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	outBytes, err := runtime.Encode(unstructured.UnstructuredJSONScheme, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var uncastRet runtime.Object
+	switch {
+	case len(c.namespace) == 0 && len(subresources) == 0:
+		uncastRet, err = c.client.Fake.
+			Invokes(testing.NewRootPatchAction(c.resource, name, types.ApplyPatchType, outBytes), &metav1.Status{Status: "dynamic patch fail"})
+
+	case len(c.namespace) == 0 && len(subresources) > 0:
+		uncastRet, err = c.client.Fake.
+			Invokes(testing.NewRootPatchSubresourceAction(c.resource, name, types.ApplyPatchType, outBytes, subresources...), &metav1.Status{Status: "dynamic patch fail"})
+
+	case len(c.namespace) > 0 && len(subresources) == 0:
+		uncastRet, err = c.client.Fake.
+			Invokes(testing.NewPatchAction(c.resource, c.namespace, name, types.ApplyPatchType, outBytes), &metav1.Status{Status: "dynamic patch fail"})
+
+	case len(c.namespace) > 0 && len(subresources) > 0:
+		uncastRet, err = c.client.Fake.
+			Invokes(testing.NewPatchSubresourceAction(c.resource, c.namespace, name, types.ApplyPatchType, outBytes, subresources...), &metav1.Status{Status: "dynamic patch fail"})
+
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if uncastRet == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+	if err := c.client.scheme.Convert(uncastRet, ret, nil); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return ret, err
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (c *dynamicResourceClient) ApplyStatus(ctx context.Context, name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, options metav1.ApplyOptions) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	return c.Apply(ctx, name, obj, options, "status")
+}
+
 func convertObjectsToUnstructured(s *runtime.Scheme, objs []runtime.Object) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	ul := make([]runtime.Object, 0, len(objs))
 
diff --git a/dynamic/interface.go b/dynamic/interface.go
index b08067c34..a310b63e5 100644
--- a/dynamic/interface.go
+++ b/dynamic/interface.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type ResourceInterface interface {
 	List(ctx context.Context, opts metav1.ListOptions) (*unstructured.UnstructuredList, error)
 	Watch(ctx context.Context, opts metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error)
 	Patch(ctx context.Context, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, options metav1.PatchOptions, subresources ...string) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error)
+	Apply(ctx context.Context, name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, options metav1.ApplyOptions, subresources ...string) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error)
+	ApplyStatus(ctx context.Context, name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, options metav1.ApplyOptions) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error)
 }
 
 type NamespaceableResourceInterface interface {
diff --git a/dynamic/simple.go b/dynamic/simple.go
index 87594bf2e..9dc0fb5c0 100644
--- a/dynamic/simple.go
+++ b/dynamic/simple.go
@@ -324,6 +324,48 @@ func (c *dynamicResourceClient) Patch(ctx context.Context, name string, pt types
 	return uncastObj.(*unstructured.Unstructured), nil
 }
 
+func (c *dynamicResourceClient) Apply(ctx context.Context, name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, opts metav1.ApplyOptions, subresources ...string) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	if len(name) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("name is required")
+	}
+	outBytes, err := runtime.Encode(unstructured.UnstructuredJSONScheme, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	accessor, err := meta.Accessor(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	managedFields := accessor.GetManagedFields()
+	if len(managedFields) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`cannot apply an object with managed fields already set.
+		Use the client-go/applyconfigurations "UnstructructuredExtractor" to obtain the unstructured ApplyConfiguration for the given field manager that you can use/modify here to apply`)
+	}
+	patchOpts := opts.ToPatchOptions()
+
+	result := c.client.client.
+		Patch(types.ApplyPatchType).
+		AbsPath(append(c.makeURLSegments(name), subresources...)...).
+		Body(outBytes).
+		SpecificallyVersionedParams(&patchOpts, dynamicParameterCodec, versionV1).
+		Do(ctx)
+	if err := result.Error(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	retBytes, err := result.Raw()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	uncastObj, err := runtime.Decode(unstructured.UnstructuredJSONScheme, retBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return uncastObj.(*unstructured.Unstructured), nil
+}
+func (c *dynamicResourceClient) ApplyStatus(ctx context.Context, name string, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, opts metav1.ApplyOptions) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	return c.Apply(ctx, name, obj, opts, "status")
+}
+
 func (c *dynamicResourceClient) makeURLSegments(name string) []string {
 	url := []string{}
 	if len(c.resource.Group) == 0 {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e0023c9d..cfd35ecf4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20220504022944-af4f75e1994c
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220406001655-080c0c77fab5
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20220504062940-f2f8c15fc29f
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220504062721-f71cc2793493
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220328201542-3ee0da9b0b42
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20220504022944-af4f75e1994c
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220406001655-080c0c77fab5
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20220504062940-f2f8c15fc29f
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220504062721-f71cc2793493
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 687376460..8445c3400 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -628,10 +628,10 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20220504022944-af4f75e1994c h1:4chKbSSvIxpT/ls7NTHZyE0xnKewL0HSbdaYyesfrmQ=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20220504022944-af4f75e1994c/go.mod h1:jimmvAe8QfauNx6CM87E20mTsK3CPgiOzVhfaNASkJc=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220406001655-080c0c77fab5 h1:nG9Zc74nUlkVHMapMJVjlH8hT3z/fBVixlVfrsQgi24=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220406001655-080c0c77fab5/go.mod h1:82Bi4sCzVBdpYjyI4jY6aHX+YCUchUIrZrXKedjd2UM=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20220504062940-f2f8c15fc29f h1:yahIBtSoM2GJrTtmkge28xngCHtPiW3CyhjcrGSojQg=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20220504062940-f2f8c15fc29f/go.mod h1:Vj1A561tKmF3X1XV1/cGWVWkImJjDjTF6HwinifdHTU=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220504062721-f71cc2793493 h1:82cE3vib2ZIhoyz153bSAnuxMUdXg1OpLaUM6pzES7M=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20220504062721-f71cc2793493/go.mod h1:82Bi4sCzVBdpYjyI4jY6aHX+YCUchUIrZrXKedjd2UM=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20210813121822-485abfe95c7c/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=