diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient/GenericClient.cs b/src/KubernetesClient/GenericClient.cs
index 277c6be22..e6c48c05d 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient/GenericClient.cs
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient/GenericClient.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using k8s.Models;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -86,6 +87,34 @@ public async Task<T> DeleteNamespacedAsync<T>(string ns, string name, Cancellati
             return KubernetesJson.Deserialize<T>(resp.Body.ToString());
         }
 
+        public async Task<T> PatchAsync<T>(V1Patch patch, string name, CancellationToken cancel = default)
+        where T : IKubernetesObject
+        {
+            var resp = await kubernetes.CustomObjects.PatchClusterCustomObjectWithHttpMessagesAsync(patch, group, version, plural, name, cancellationToken: cancel).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return KubernetesJson.Deserialize<T>(resp.Body.ToString());
+        }
+
+        public async Task<T> PatchNamespacedAsync<T>(V1Patch patch, string ns, string name, CancellationToken cancel = default)
+        where T : IKubernetesObject
+        {
+            var resp = await kubernetes.CustomObjects.PatchNamespacedCustomObjectWithHttpMessagesAsync(patch, group, version, ns, plural, name, cancellationToken: cancel).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return KubernetesJson.Deserialize<T>(resp.Body.ToString());
+        }
+
+        public async Task<T> ReplaceAsync<T>(T obj, string name, CancellationToken cancel = default)
+        where T : IKubernetesObject
+        {
+            var resp = await kubernetes.CustomObjects.ReplaceClusterCustomObjectWithHttpMessagesAsync(obj, group, version, plural, name, cancellationToken: cancel).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return KubernetesJson.Deserialize<T>(resp.Body.ToString());
+        }
+
+        public async Task<T> ReplaceNamespacedAsync<T>(T obj, string ns, string name, CancellationToken cancel = default)
+        where T : IKubernetesObject
+        {
+            var resp = await kubernetes.CustomObjects.ReplaceNamespacedCustomObjectWithHttpMessagesAsync(obj, group, version, ns, plural, name, cancellationToken: cancel).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return KubernetesJson.Deserialize<T>(resp.Body.ToString());
+        }
+
         public void Dispose()
         {
             Dispose(true);
diff --git a/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs b/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs
index 1ee33a43f..de68c2fd6 100644
--- a/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs
@@ -504,45 +504,78 @@ void Cleanup()
             {
                 Cleanup();
 
-                await genericPods.CreateNamespacedAsync(
-                    new V1Pod()
-                    {
-                        Metadata = new V1ObjectMeta { Name = podName, },
-                        Spec = new V1PodSpec
+                // create + list
+                {
+                    await genericPods.CreateNamespacedAsync(
+                        new V1Pod()
                         {
-                            Containers = new[] { new V1Container() { Name = "k8scsharp-e2e", Image = "nginx", }, },
+                            Metadata = new V1ObjectMeta { Name = podName, Labels = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "place", "holder" }, }, },
+                            Spec = new V1PodSpec
+                            {
+                                Containers = new[] { new V1Container() { Name = "k8scsharp-e2e", Image = "nginx", }, },
+                            },
                         },
-                    },
-                    namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                var pods = await genericPods.ListNamespacedAsync<V1PodList>(namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                Assert.Contains(pods.Items, p => p.Metadata.Name == podName);
+                    var pods = await genericPods.ListNamespacedAsync<V1PodList>(namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    Assert.Contains(pods.Items, p => p.Metadata.Name == podName);
+                }
 
-                int retry = 5;
-                while (retry-- > 0)
+                // replace + get
                 {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        await genericPods.DeleteNamespacedAsync<V1Pod>(namespaceParameter, podName).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    }
-                    catch (HttpOperationException e)
+                    var pod = await genericPods.ReadNamespacedAsync<V1Pod>(namespaceParameter, podName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    var old = JsonSerializer.SerializeToDocument(pod);
+
+                    var newlabels = new Dictionary<string, string>(pod.Metadata.Labels) { ["test"] = "generic-test-jsonpatch" };
+                    pod.Metadata.Labels = newlabels;
+
+                    var expected = JsonSerializer.SerializeToDocument(pod);
+                    var patch = old.CreatePatch(expected);
+
+                    await genericPods.PatchNamespacedAsync<V1Pod>(new V1Patch(patch, V1Patch.PatchType.JsonPatch), namespaceParameter, podName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    var pods = await genericPods.ListNamespacedAsync<V1PodList>(namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    Assert.Contains(pods.Items, p => p.Labels().Contains(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("test", "generic-test-jsonpatch")));
+                }
+
+                // replace + get
+                {
+                    var pod = await genericPods.ReadNamespacedAsync<V1Pod>(namespaceParameter, podName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image = "httpd";
+                    await genericPods.ReplaceNamespacedAsync(pod, namespaceParameter, podName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                    pod = await genericPods.ReadNamespacedAsync<V1Pod>(namespaceParameter, podName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    Assert.Equal("httpd", pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image);
+                }
+
+                // delete + list
+                {
+                    V1PodList pods = new V1PodList();
+                    int retry = 5;
+                    while (retry-- > 0)
                     {
-                        if (e.Response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+                        try
                         {
-                            return;
+                            await genericPods.DeleteNamespacedAsync<V1Pod>(namespaceParameter, podName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
+                        catch (HttpOperationException e)
+                        {
+                            if (e.Response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+                            {
+                                return;
+                            }
                         }
-                    }
 
-                    pods = await genericPods.ListNamespacedAsync<V1PodList>(namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    if (!pods.Items.Any(p => p.Metadata.Name == podName))
-                    {
-                        break;
+                        pods = await genericPods.ListNamespacedAsync<V1PodList>(namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        if (!pods.Items.Any(p => p.Metadata.Name == podName))
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2.5)).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
 
-                    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2.5)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    Assert.DoesNotContain(pods.Items, p => p.Metadata.Name == podName);
                 }
-
-                Assert.DoesNotContain(pods.Items, p => p.Metadata.Name == podName);
             }
             finally
             {