diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index d1db2edfcdf..ff6ad6c8a85 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ function create-master-audit-policy {
       - group: "storage.k8s.io"'
 
   cat <<EOF >"${path}"
-apiVersion: audit.k8s.io/v1alpha1
+apiVersion: audit.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Policy
 rules:
   # The following requests were manually identified as high-volume and low-risk,
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["watch"]
     resources:
       - group: "" # core
-        resources: ["endpoints", "services"]
+        resources: ["endpoints", "services", "services/status"]
   - level: None
     # Ingress controller reads `configmaps/ingress-uid` through the unsecured port.
     # TODO(#46983): Change this to the ingress controller service account.
@@ -524,13 +524,13 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["get"]
     resources:
       - group: "" # core
-        resources: ["nodes"]
+        resources: ["nodes", "nodes/status"]
   - level: None
     userGroups: ["system:nodes"]
     verbs: ["get"]
     resources:
       - group: "" # core
-        resources: ["nodes"]
+        resources: ["nodes", "nodes/status"]
   - level: None
     users:
       - system:kube-controller-manager
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["get"]
     resources:
       - group: "" # core
-        resources: ["namespaces"]
+        resources: ["namespaces", "namespaces/status", "namespaces/finalize"]
 
   # Don't log these read-only URLs.
   - level: None
@@ -569,15 +569,23 @@ rules:
         resources: ["secrets", "configmaps"]
       - group: authentication.k8s.io
         resources: ["tokenreviews"]
+    omitStages:
+      - "RequestReceived"
   # Get repsonses can be large; skip them.
   - level: Request
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
     resources: ${known_apis}
+    omitStages:
+      - "RequestReceived"
   # Default level for known APIs
   - level: RequestResponse
     resources: ${known_apis}
+    omitStages:
+      - "RequestReceived"
   # Default level for all other requests.
   - level: Metadata
+    omitStages:
+      - "RequestReceived"
 EOF
 }