diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/profile/KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/profile/KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
index a8f8cf47..e2402e14 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/profile/KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/profile/KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ public class KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor
 			return;
 		}
 
-		final StandardPodUtils podUtils = new StandardPodUtils(
-				new DefaultKubernetesClient());
-		if (podUtils.isInsideKubernetes()) {
+		if (isInsideKubernetes()) {
 			if (hasKubernetesProfile(environment)) {
 				if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
 					LOG.debug("'kubernetes' already in list of active profiles");
@@ -72,6 +70,13 @@ public class KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor
 		}
 	}
 
+	private boolean isInsideKubernetes() {
+		try (DefaultKubernetesClient client = new DefaultKubernetesClient()) {
+			final StandardPodUtils podUtils = new StandardPodUtils(client);
+			return podUtils.isInsideKubernetes();
+		}
+	}
+
 	private boolean hasKubernetesProfile(Environment environment) {
 		for (String activeProfile : environment.getActiveProfiles()) {
 			if (KUBERNETES_PROFILE.equalsIgnoreCase(activeProfile)) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
index 9d0f344c..47252386 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.KubernetesAutoConfiguration\
 
 
 org.springframework.boot.env.EnvironmentPostProcessor=\
-org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.profile.KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor  
+org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.profile.KubernetesProfileEnvironmentPostProcessor