diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 61a6dd1f..cae0c554 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
-			"Rev": "41065c7a8c2a"
+			"Rev": "aee2c0efe032"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/gengo",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8d33f0e0..f7cf1849 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.5.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20191121015604-11707872ac1c
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20191121015412-41065c7a8c2a
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20191123013113-aee2c0efe032
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20191114184206-e782cd3c129f
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ replace (
 	golang.org/x/sys => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a // pinned to release-branch.go1.13
 	golang.org/x/tools => golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190821162956-65e3620a7ae7 // pinned to release-branch.go1.13
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20191121015604-11707872ac1c
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20191121015412-41065c7a8c2a
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20191123013113-aee2c0efe032
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6d2b8438..07a16e55 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20191121015604-11707872ac1c/go.mod h1:R/s4gKT0V/cWEnbQa9taNRJNbWUK57/Dx6cPj6MD3A0=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20191121015412-41065c7a8c2a/go.mod h1:b9qmWdKlLuU9EBh+06BtLcSf/Mu89rWL33naRxs1uZg=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20191123013113-aee2c0efe032/go.mod h1:b9qmWdKlLuU9EBh+06BtLcSf/Mu89rWL33naRxs1uZg=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20190128074634-0689ccc1d7d6/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/klog v0.0.0-20181102134211-b9b56d5dfc92/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
 k8s.io/klog v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
diff --git a/rest/request.go b/rest/request.go
index 9e0c2611..9417d054 100644
--- a/rest/request.go
+++ b/rest/request.go
@@ -806,19 +806,24 @@ func (r *Request) request(fn func(*http.Request, *http.Response)) error {
 			r.backoff.UpdateBackoff(r.URL(), err, resp.StatusCode)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
-			// "Connection reset by peer" is usually a transient error.
+			// "Connection reset by peer", "Connection refused" or "apiserver is shutting down" are usually a transient errors.
 			// Thus in case of "GET" operations, we simply retry it.
 			// We are not automatically retrying "write" operations, as
 			// they are not idempotent.
-			if !net.IsConnectionReset(err) || r.verb != "GET" {
+			if r.verb != "GET" {
 				return err
 			}
-			// For the purpose of retry, we set the artificial "retry-after" response.
-			// TODO: Should we clean the original response if it exists?
-			resp = &http.Response{
-				StatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
-				Header:     http.Header{"Retry-After": []string{"1"}},
-				Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte{})),
+			// For connection errors and apiserver shutdown errors retry.
+			if net.IsConnectionReset(err) || net.IsConnectionRefused(err) {
+				// For the purpose of retry, we set the artificial "retry-after" response.
+				// TODO: Should we clean the original response if it exists?
+				resp = &http.Response{
+					StatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
+					Header:     http.Header{"Retry-After": []string{"1"}},
+					Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte{})),
+				}
+			} else {
+				return err
 			}
 		}