diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c7e5d8593..a881563e0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412035552-2bdacdf27ceb
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412115724-b0b8e3f95d08
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230412035310-31e4b9d241f7
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230412040258-8005e0d28ba2
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230327183930-4fb97becef37
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412035552-2bdacdf27ceb
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412115724-b0b8e3f95d08
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230412035310-31e4b9d241f7
 	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230412040258-8005e0d28ba2
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230327183930-4fb97becef37
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 19123ac96..e450141cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -878,8 +878,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412035552-2bdacdf27ceb h1:cfveC5neDeBviOYWd4lir9rh9A0es/5mJvZ5FWjyhOk=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412035552-2bdacdf27ceb/go.mod h1:vtqOH+6A0ypk7hxqunFCvaEIub+VUspnbLv5dNIfIuE=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412115724-b0b8e3f95d08 h1:x1R20/eaphFlQSm4SJC2evVwufVUt5yeOmQJgNjyn+Y=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230412115724-b0b8e3f95d08/go.mod h1:cQ6M2OwzuocrtP+XOKc0I/oqo1E+CNAVuEVkvwXqG3I=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230412035310-31e4b9d241f7 h1:a4P0At3Mtt9Rqu98XWQ1nG/hlYDhYQiCxYWDEXTz/8c=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230412035310-31e4b9d241f7/go.mod h1:5ikh59fK3AJ287GUvpUsryoMFtH9zj/ARfWCo3AyXTM=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230412040258-8005e0d28ba2 h1:Mxfg52BtCwS9aQ0uqJSBtpQrDvFdbTZve06ttHHOqRk=
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go b/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
index 33c404633..c5f27b19c 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
@@ -592,6 +592,18 @@ func (c *Cacher) Watch(ctx context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptions
 		identifier,
 	)
 
+	// note that c.waitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents must be called without
+	// the c.watchCache.RLock held otherwise we are at risk of a deadlock
+	// mainly because c.watchCache.processEvent method won't be able to make progress
+	//
+	// moreover even though the c.waitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents acquires a lock
+	// it is safe to release the lock after the method finishes because we don't require
+	// any atomicity between the call to the method and further calls that actually get the events.
+	forceAllEvents, err := c.waitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents(ctx, requestedWatchRV, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return newErrWatcher(err), nil
+	}
+
 	// We explicitly use thread unsafe version and do locking ourself to ensure that
 	// no new events will be processed in the meantime. The watchCache will be unlocked
 	// on return from this function.
@@ -599,10 +611,7 @@ func (c *Cacher) Watch(ctx context.Context, key string, opts storage.ListOptions
 	// underlying watchCache is calling processEvent under its lock.
 	c.watchCache.RLock()
 	defer c.watchCache.RUnlock()
-	forceAllEvents, err := c.waitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents(ctx, requestedWatchRV, opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return newErrWatcher(err), nil
-	}
+
 	startWatchRV := startWatchResourceVersionFn()
 	var cacheInterval *watchCacheInterval
 	if forceAllEvents {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go b/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
index 7847c1eaa..0624d5e78 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher_whitebox_test.go
@@ -1823,6 +1823,7 @@ func TestGetCurrentResourceVersionFromStorage(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestWaitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.WatchList, true)()
 	backingStorage := &dummyStorage{}
 	cacher, _, err := newTestCacher(backingStorage)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1830,17 +1831,41 @@ func TestWaitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer cacher.Stop()
 
-	forceAllEvents, err := cacher.waitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents(context.TODO(), 105, storage.ListOptions{SendInitialEvents: pointer.Bool(true)})
-	require.NotNil(t, err, "the target method should return non nil error")
-	require.Equal(t, err.Error(), "Timeout: Too large resource version: 105, current: 100")
-	require.False(t, forceAllEvents, "the target method after returning an error should NOT instruct the caller to ask for all events in the cache (full state)")
+	opts := storage.ListOptions{
+		Predicate:         storage.Everything,
+		SendInitialEvents: pointer.Bool(true),
+		ResourceVersion:   "105",
+	}
+	opts.Predicate.AllowWatchBookmarks = true
+
+	w, err := cacher.Watch(context.Background(), "pods/ns", opts)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to create watch: %v")
+	defer w.Stop()
+	verifyEvents(t, w, []watch.Event{
+		{
+			Type: watch.Error,
+			Object: &metav1.Status{
+				Status:  metav1.StatusFailure,
+				Message: storage.NewTooLargeResourceVersionError(105, 100, resourceVersionTooHighRetrySeconds).Error(),
+				Details: storage.NewTooLargeResourceVersionError(105, 100, resourceVersionTooHighRetrySeconds).(*apierrors.StatusError).Status().Details,
+				Reason:  metav1.StatusReasonTimeout,
+				Code:    504,
+			},
+		},
+	}, true)
 
 	go func() {
 		cacher.watchCache.Add(makeTestPodDetails("pod1", 105, "node1", map[string]string{"label": "value1"}))
 	}()
-	forceAllEvents, err = cacher.waitUntilWatchCacheFreshAndForceAllEvents(context.TODO(), 105, storage.ListOptions{SendInitialEvents: pointer.Bool(true)})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, forceAllEvents, "the target method should instruct the caller to ask for all events in the cache (full state)")
+	w, err = cacher.Watch(context.Background(), "pods/ns", opts)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to create watch: %v")
+	defer w.Stop()
+	verifyEvents(t, w, []watch.Event{
+		{
+			Type:   watch.Added,
+			Object: makeTestPodDetails("pod1", 105, "node1", map[string]string{"label": "value1"}),
+		},
+	}, true)
 }
 
 type fakeStorage struct {