diff --git a/test/cmd/apply.sh b/test/cmd/apply.sh
index 4ab6f8646af..0b2878d978b 100755
--- a/test/cmd/apply.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/apply.sh
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ __EOF__
   local tries=5
   for i in $(seq 1 $tries); do
       local output
-      output=$(kubectl "${kube_flags[@]:?}" api-resources --api-group mygroup.example.com -oname)
+      output=$(kubectl "${kube_flags[@]:?}" api-resources --api-group mygroup.example.com -oname || true)
       if kube::test::if_has_string "$output" resources.mygroup.example.com; then
           break
       fi
diff --git a/test/cmd/get.sh b/test/cmd/get.sh
index 8884a36616d..be3da3a468b 100755
--- a/test/cmd/get.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/get.sh
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ __EOF__
   local tries=5
   for i in $(seq 1 $tries); do
       local output
-      output=$(kubectl "${kube_flags[@]:?}" api-resources --api-group example.com -oname)
+      output=$(kubectl "${kube_flags[@]:?}" api-resources --api-group example.com -oname || true)
       if kube::test::if_has_string "$output" deprecated.example.com; then
           break
       fi