diff --git a/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller.go b/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller.go
index 36f0cb8..afff060 100644
--- a/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller.go
@@ -233,11 +233,6 @@ func (r *KopsControlPlaneReconciler) PrepareCustomCloudResources(ctx context.Con
 					"kops.k8s.io/managed-by": "kops-controller",
 				})
 
-				// TODO: remove this after upgrading to Karpenter 0.37
-				// This is needed because of the mismatch between the current karpenter version 0.32.4
-				// and the dependency version
-				nodePool.Spec.Disruption.Budgets = nil
-
 				// Create NodePool
 				if _, err := karpenterResourcesContent.Write([]byte("---\n")); err != nil {
 					return err
diff --git a/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller_test.go b/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller_test.go
index 7f80548..aaacda3 100644
--- a/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/controlplane/kopscontrolplane_controller_test.go
@@ -1987,6 +1987,16 @@ func TestPrepareCustomCloudResources(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						Spec: karpenterv1beta1.NodePoolSpec{
 							Disruption: karpenterv1beta1.Disruption{
+								Budgets: []karpenterv1beta1.Budget{
+									{
+										Nodes: "10%",
+									},
+									{
+										Nodes:    "0",
+										Schedule: helpers.StringPtr("0 * * * *"),
+										Duration: &metav1.Duration{Duration: 40 * time.Minute},
+									},
+								},
 								ConsolidationPolicy: karpenterv1beta1.ConsolidationPolicyWhenUnderutilized,
 							},
 							Template: karpenterv1beta1.NodeClaimTemplate{
diff --git a/utils/templates/tests/data/karpenter_resource_output_node_pool.yaml b/utils/templates/tests/data/karpenter_resource_output_node_pool.yaml
index 6b0dc17..4b0f700 100644
--- a/utils/templates/tests/data/karpenter_resource_output_node_pool.yaml
+++ b/utils/templates/tests/data/karpenter_resource_output_node_pool.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ metadata:
   name: test-node-pool
 spec:
   disruption:
+    budgets:
+    - nodes: 10%
+    - duration: 40m0s
+      nodes: "0"
+      schedule: 0 * * * *
     consolidationPolicy: WhenUnderutilized
     expireAfter: Never
   template: