diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dfa426522..50d8ba91e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250423231958-d18a46229505
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250423231524-954960919938
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250423232513-451ac0fcb5bd
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250424032238-82c2b6c71657
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250423233653-88ca0abd8349
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kms v0.0.0-20250401105328-de9f6e9dd930
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d52f86c6a..827703ba4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250423231958-d18a46229505 h1:CzcGzeX7BpE8DYfaOipLutwMTAZHcii
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250423231958-d18a46229505/go.mod h1:PEZtCkQxQ/XohDih7vofdKAdIIiS9kFruj1lF/EUMLs=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250423231524-954960919938 h1:yoIMbzO4of8M4auqFKjNsbFlHJG9jCuoD+4sUJUPdn4=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250423231524-954960919938/go.mod h1:tJ77gZ1upNffdrQVxg+oIoEmvSIyTbz3RIPi9HKw+nw=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250423232513-451ac0fcb5bd h1:rR8S6D2gcZ8zGdIobs1g8HLnwbSVvnTOXaI9LaS/TR4=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250423232513-451ac0fcb5bd/go.mod h1:NKnTaoOD5AOCgg0t9ZlglMkD6GXYAdkN5RfI1BYA4lo=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250424032238-82c2b6c71657 h1:qBJHoi86zzpRsCHtDZnj0bccNrz7PaAwrdZB1uGT3xY=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250424032238-82c2b6c71657/go.mod h1:NKnTaoOD5AOCgg0t9ZlglMkD6GXYAdkN5RfI1BYA4lo=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250423233653-88ca0abd8349 h1:TdFXFBAukREkHLOoqrybaIpwLRgmdc4ntO4nqP9ly3A=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250423233653-88ca0abd8349/go.mod h1:d9qYA5xnPzVV2QGRVxRQkFCFhomjWs865vF8Nvfvhf8=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher.go b/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher.go
index e2141395b..17cc24f0d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher.go
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ type watchChan struct {
 	cancel            context.CancelFunc
 	incomingEventChan chan *event
 	resultChan        chan watch.Event
-	errChan           chan error
 }
 
 // Watch watches on a key and returns a watch.Interface that transfers relevant notifications.
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ func (w *watcher) createWatchChan(ctx context.Context, key string, rev int64, re
 		internalPred:      pred,
 		incomingEventChan: make(chan *event, incomingBufSize),
 		resultChan:        make(chan watch.Event, outgoingBufSize),
-		errChan:           make(chan error, 1),
 	}
 	if pred.Empty() {
 		// The filter doesn't filter out any object.
@@ -234,18 +232,6 @@ func (wc *watchChan) run(initialEventsEndBookmarkRequired, forceInitialEvents bo
 	wc.processEvents(&resultChanWG)
 
 	select {
-	case err := <-wc.errChan:
-		if isCancelError(err) {
-			break
-		}
-		errResult := transformErrorToEvent(err)
-		if errResult != nil {
-			// error result is guaranteed to be received by user before closing ResultChan.
-			select {
-			case wc.resultChan <- *errResult:
-			case <-wc.ctx.Done(): // user has given up all results
-			}
-		}
 	case <-watchClosedCh:
 	case <-wc.ctx.Done(): // user cancel
 	}
@@ -309,7 +295,7 @@ func (wc *watchChan) sync() error {
 		// send items from the response until no more results
 		for i, kv := range getResp.Kvs {
 			lastKey = kv.Key
-			wc.sendEvent(parseKV(kv))
+			wc.queueEvent(parseKV(kv))
 			// free kv early. Long lists can take O(seconds) to decode.
 			getResp.Kvs[i] = nil
 		}
@@ -378,7 +364,7 @@ func (wc *watchChan) startWatching(watchClosedCh chan struct{}, initialEventsEnd
 		}
 	}
 	if initialEventsEndBookmarkRequired {
-		wc.sendEvent(func() *event {
+		wc.queueEvent(func() *event {
 			e := progressNotifyEvent(wc.initialRev)
 			e.isInitialEventsEndBookmark = true
 			return e
@@ -397,11 +383,16 @@ func (wc *watchChan) startWatching(watchClosedCh chan struct{}, initialEventsEnd
 			err := wres.Err()
 			// If there is an error on server (e.g. compaction), the channel will return it before closed.
 			logWatchChannelErr(err)
+			// sendError doesn't guarantee that no more items will be put into resultChan.
+			// However, by returning from startWatching here, we guarantee, that events
+			// with higher resourceVersion than the error will not be queue and thus also
+			// processed and send to the user.
+			// TODO(wojtek-t): Figure out if we can synchronously prevent more events.
 			wc.sendError(err)
 			return
 		}
 		if wres.IsProgressNotify() {
-			wc.sendEvent(progressNotifyEvent(wres.Header.GetRevision()))
+			wc.queueEvent(progressNotifyEvent(wres.Header.GetRevision()))
 			metrics.RecordEtcdBookmark(wc.watcher.groupResource.String())
 			continue
 		}
@@ -411,10 +402,15 @@ func (wc *watchChan) startWatching(watchClosedCh chan struct{}, initialEventsEnd
 			parsedEvent, err := parseEvent(e)
 			if err != nil {
 				logWatchChannelErr(err)
+				// sendError doesn't guarantee that no more items will be put into resultChan.
+				// However, by returning from startWatching here, we guarantee, that events
+				// with higher resourceVersion than the error will not be queue and thus also
+				// processed and send to the user.
+				// TODO(wojtek-t): Figure out if we can synchronously prevent more events.
 				wc.sendError(err)
 				return
 			}
-			wc.sendEvent(parsedEvent)
+			wc.queueEvent(parsedEvent)
 		}
 	}
 	// When we come to this point, it's only possible that client side ends the watch.
@@ -447,15 +443,7 @@ func (wc *watchChan) serialProcessEvents(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 			if res == nil {
 				continue
 			}
-			if len(wc.resultChan) == cap(wc.resultChan) {
-				klog.V(3).InfoS("Fast watcher, slow processing. Probably caused by slow dispatching events to watchers", "outgoingEvents", outgoingBufSize, "objectType", wc.watcher.objectType, "groupResource", wc.watcher.groupResource)
-			}
-			// If user couldn't receive results fast enough, we also block incoming events from watcher.
-			// Because storing events in local will cause more memory usage.
-			// The worst case would be closing the fast watcher.
-			select {
-			case wc.resultChan <- *res:
-			case <-wc.ctx.Done():
+			if !wc.sendEvent(res) {
 				return
 			}
 		case <-wc.ctx.Done():
@@ -545,15 +533,7 @@ func (p *concurrentOrderedEventProcessing) collectEventProcessing(ctx context.Co
 		if r.event == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		if len(p.wc.resultChan) == cap(p.wc.resultChan) {
-			klog.V(3).InfoS("Fast watcher, slow processing. Probably caused by slow dispatching events to watchers", "outgoingEvents", outgoingBufSize, "objectType", p.wc.watcher.objectType, "groupResource", p.wc.watcher.groupResource)
-		}
-		// If user couldn't receive results fast enough, we also block incoming events from watcher.
-		// Because storing events in local will cause more memory usage.
-		// The worst case would be closing the fast watcher.
-		select {
-		case p.wc.resultChan <- *r.event:
-		case <-p.wc.ctx.Done():
+		if !p.wc.sendEvent(r.event) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -654,14 +634,44 @@ func transformErrorToEvent(err error) *watch.Event {
 	}
 }
 
+// sendError synchronously puts an error event into resultChan and
+// trigger cancelling all goroutines.
 func (wc *watchChan) sendError(err error) {
-	select {
-	case wc.errChan <- err:
-	case <-wc.ctx.Done():
+	// We use wc.ctx to reap all goroutines. Under whatever condition, we should stop them all.
+	// It's fine to double cancel.
+	defer wc.cancel()
+
+	if isCancelError(err) {
+		return
+	}
+	errResult := transformErrorToEvent(err)
+	if errResult != nil {
+		// error result is guaranteed to be received by user before closing ResultChan.
+		select {
+		case wc.resultChan <- *errResult:
+		case <-wc.ctx.Done(): // user has given up all results
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (wc *watchChan) sendEvent(e *event) {
+// sendEvent synchronously puts an event into resultChan.
+// Returns true if it was successful.
+func (wc *watchChan) sendEvent(event *watch.Event) bool {
+	if len(wc.resultChan) == cap(wc.resultChan) {
+		klog.V(3).InfoS("Fast watcher, slow processing. Probably caused by slow dispatching events to watchers", "outgoingEvents", outgoingBufSize, "objectType", wc.watcher.objectType, "groupResource", wc.watcher.groupResource)
+	}
+	// If user couldn't receive results fast enough, we also block incoming events from watcher.
+	// Because storing events in local will cause more memory usage.
+	// The worst case would be closing the fast watcher.
+	select {
+	case wc.resultChan <- *event:
+		return true
+	case <-wc.ctx.Done():
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func (wc *watchChan) queueEvent(e *event) {
 	if len(wc.incomingEventChan) == incomingBufSize {
 		klog.V(3).InfoS("Fast watcher, slow processing. Probably caused by slow decoding, user not receiving fast, or other processing logic", "incomingEvents", incomingBufSize, "objectType", wc.watcher.objectType, "groupResource", wc.watcher.groupResource)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher_test.go b/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher_test.go
index 11afc6153..a72ba7dec 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd3/watcher_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ func TestWatchErrResultNotBlockAfterCancel(t *testing.T) {
 	w := store.watcher.createWatchChan(ctx, "/abc", 0, false, false, storage.Everything)
 	// make resultChan and errChan blocking to ensure ordering.
 	w.resultChan = make(chan watch.Event)
-	w.errChan = make(chan error)
 	// The event flow goes like:
 	// - first we send an error, it should block on resultChan.
 	// - Then we cancel ctx. The blocking on resultChan should be freed up
@@ -185,8 +184,13 @@ func TestWatchErrResultNotBlockAfterCancel(t *testing.T) {
 		w.run(false, true)
 		wg.Done()
 	}()
-	w.errChan <- fmt.Errorf("some error")
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		w.sendError(fmt.Errorf("some error"))
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
 	cancel()
+	// Ensure that both run() and sendError() don't hung forever.
 	wg.Wait()
 }