diff --git a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java
index cff284332a..42b65fbb3c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java
+++ b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
diff --git a/scripts/patches/json.diff b/scripts/patches/json.diff
index 76c459e370..5881f3b16b 100644
--- a/scripts/patches/json.diff
+++ b/scripts/patches/json.diff
@@ -1,86 +1,12 @@
 diff --git a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java
-index 8d0f4c47d..cff284332 100644
+index cff284332..42b65fbb3 100644
 --- a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java
 +++ b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/openapi/JSON.java
-@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
- import io.gsonfire.GsonFireBuilder;
- import io.gsonfire.TypeSelector;
- 
-+import io.kubernetes.client.gson.V1StatusPreProcessor;
-+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Status;
- import okio.ByteString;
- 
- import java.io.IOException;
-@@ -34,7 +36,9 @@ import java.time.LocalDate;
+@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.time.LocalDate;
  import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
  import java.time.ZoneId;
  import java.time.ZoneOffset;
--import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
-+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
-+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
-+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
- import java.util.Date;
- import java.util.Locale;
- import java.util.Map;
-@@ -50,9 +54,19 @@ import java.util.TimeZone;
- public class JSON {
-     private static Gson gson;
-     private static boolean isLenientOnJson = false;
-+    private static final DateTimeFormatter RFC3339MICRO_FORMATTER =
-+            new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
-+                    .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.OFFSET_SECONDS, 0)
-+                    .append(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"))
-+                    .optionalStart()
-+                    .appendFraction(ChronoField.NANO_OF_SECOND, 6, 6, true)
-+                    .optionalEnd()
-+                    .appendLiteral("Z")
-+                    .toFormatter();
-+
-     private static DateTypeAdapter dateTypeAdapter = new DateTypeAdapter();
-     private static SqlDateTypeAdapter sqlDateTypeAdapter = new SqlDateTypeAdapter();
--    private static OffsetDateTimeTypeAdapter offsetDateTimeTypeAdapter = new OffsetDateTimeTypeAdapter();
-+    private static OffsetDateTimeTypeAdapter offsetDateTimeTypeAdapter = new OffsetDateTimeTypeAdapter(RFC3339MICRO_FORMATTER);
-     private static LocalDateTypeAdapter localDateTypeAdapter = new LocalDateTypeAdapter();
-     private static ByteArrayAdapter byteArrayAdapter = new ByteArrayAdapter();
- 
-@@ -65,7 +79,10 @@ public class JSON {
-     public static GsonBuilder createGson() {
-         GsonFireBuilder fireBuilder = new GsonFireBuilder()
-         ;
--        GsonBuilder builder = fireBuilder.createGsonBuilder();
-+        GsonBuilder builder =
-+             fireBuilder
-+                     .registerPreProcessor(V1Status.class, new V1StatusPreProcessor())
-+                     .createGsonBuilder();
-         return builder;
-     }
- 
-@@ -784,11 +801,15 @@ public class JSON {
- 
-         @Override
-         public void write(JsonWriter out, byte[] value) throws IOException {
-+            boolean oldHtmlSafe = out.isHtmlSafe();
-+            out.setHtmlSafe(false);
-+
-             if (value == null) {
-                 out.nullValue();
-             } else {
-                 out.value(ByteString.of(value).base64());
-             }
-+            out.setHtmlSafe(oldHtmlSafe);
-         }
- 
-         @Override
-@@ -844,6 +865,12 @@ public class JSON {
-                     if (date.endsWith("+0000")) {
-                         date = date.substring(0, date.length()-5) + "Z";
-                     }
-+                    try {
-+                        return OffsetDateTime.parse(date, formatter);
-+                    } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
-+                        // backward-compatibility for ISO8601 timestamp format
-+                        return OffsetDateTime.parse(date, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME);
-+                    }
-                     return OffsetDateTime.parse(date, formatter);
-             }
-         }
++import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+ import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
+ import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+ import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;