diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/hooks/kubernetes.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/hooks/kubernetes.py
index 56852fb1a200b..37b3b5529ebc7 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/hooks/kubernetes.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/hooks/kubernetes.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import tempfile
-from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Generator
 
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ def get_connection(cls, conn_id: str) -> Connection:
             else:
                 raise
 
-    @cached_property
+    @property
     def conn_extras(self):
         if self.conn_id:
             connection = self.get_connection(self.conn_id)
@@ -263,16 +262,16 @@ def is_in_cluster(self) -> bool:
             assert self._is_in_cluster is not None
         return self._is_in_cluster
 
-    @cached_property
+    @property
     def api_client(self) -> client.ApiClient:
         """Cached Kubernetes API client."""
         return self.get_conn()
 
-    @cached_property
+    @property
     def core_v1_client(self) -> client.CoreV1Api:
         return client.CoreV1Api(api_client=self.api_client)
 
-    @cached_property
+    @property
     def custom_object_client(self) -> client.CustomObjectsApi:
         return client.CustomObjectsApi(api_client=self.api_client)
 
diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
index 6e6acbec4e38a..1eb83d0cc7eb1 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable, Sequence
 
+from kubernetes import config
 from kubernetes.client import CoreV1Api, models as k8s
 from slugify import slugify
 from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.volumes = [convert_volume(volume) for volume in volumes] if volumes else []
         self.secrets = secrets or []
         self.in_cluster = in_cluster
-        self.cluster_context = cluster_context
+        self.cluster_context = cluster_context or ""
         self.reattach_on_restart = reattach_on_restart
         self.get_logs = get_logs
         self.container_logs = container_logs
@@ -492,11 +493,11 @@ def _get_ti_pod_labels(context: Context | None = None, include_try_number: bool
             labels[label_id] = safe_label
         return labels
 
-    @cached_property
+    @property
     def pod_manager(self) -> PodManager:
-        return PodManager(kube_client=self.client)
+        return PodManager(kube_client=self.client, cluster_context=self.cluster_context)
 
-    @cached_property
+    @property
     def hook(self) -> PodOperatorHookProtocol:
         hook = KubernetesHook(
             conn_id=self.kubernetes_conn_id,
@@ -506,8 +507,9 @@ def hook(self) -> PodOperatorHookProtocol:
         )
         return hook
 
-    @cached_property
+    @property
     def client(self) -> CoreV1Api:
+        config.load_kube_config(context=self.cluster_context)
         return self.hook.core_v1_client
 
     def find_pod(self, namespace: str, context: Context, *, exclude_checked: bool = True) -> k8s.V1Pod | None:
diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/delete_from.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/delete_from.py
index 98d1c4d6d9526..60eab746f786a 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/delete_from.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/delete_from.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ def delete_from_dict(k8s_client, data, body, namespace, verbose=False, **kwargs)
             except client.rest.ApiException as api_exception:
                 api_exceptions.append(api_exception)
     else:
-
         try:
             _delete_from_yaml_single_item(
                 k8s_client=k8s_client,
diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
index c8ac74382d6db..f26b46cafed63 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 import pendulum
 import tenacity
-from kubernetes import client, watch
+from kubernetes import client, config, watch
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_container_status import V1ContainerStatus
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_pod import V1Pod
 from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 from urllib3.response import HTTPResponse
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
+from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_client import get_kube_client
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.pod_generator import PodDefaults
 from airflow.typing_compat import Literal, Protocol
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import LoggingMixin
@@ -257,16 +258,14 @@ class PodLoggingStatus:
 class PodManager(LoggingMixin):
     """Create, monitor, and otherwise interact with Kubernetes pods for use with the KubernetesPodOperator."""
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        kube_client: client.CoreV1Api,
-    ):
+    def __init__(self, kube_client: client.CoreV1Api, cluster_context: str):
         """
         Creates the launcher.
 
         :param kube_client: kubernetes client
         """
         super().__init__()
+        self.my_cluster_context = cluster_context
         self._client = kube_client
         self._watch = watch.Watch()
 
@@ -616,6 +615,8 @@ def read_pod_events(self, pod: V1Pod) -> CoreV1EventList:
     def read_pod(self, pod: V1Pod) -> V1Pod:
         """Read POD information."""
         try:
+            config.load_kube_config(context=self.my_cluster_context)
+            self._client = get_kube_client(in_cluster=False, cluster_context=self.my_cluster_context)
             return self._client.read_namespaced_pod(pod.metadata.name, pod.metadata.namespace)
         except BaseHTTPError as e:
             raise AirflowException(f"There was an error reading the kubernetes API: {e}")