diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a67e1b67bcc5..e8483eb9f590 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20231010144348-ca8c009405dd
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.33.1-0.20231224205745-0b25de76d2ad
+	sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.33.1-0.20231227175620-ea2e47b9fe73
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 31b7a4f42be9..dc76bfb6f0eb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3 h1:2TuvuokmfXvDUamSx1SuAOO3eTyye+47mJCigw
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.3/go.mod h1:j7bialYoSn142nv9sCOJmQgDXQXxnroFU4VnX/brVJ0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.33.1-0.20231224205745-0b25de76d2ad h1:C3zHs4PswQC3tCtQBFI2hXSj9SEfJNQ5Jcs8giTec8c=
-sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.33.1-0.20231224205745-0b25de76d2ad/go.mod h1:k1819wVloDPI/TUTEYWII7LgbC6paTSIgYgbywM0r/k=
+sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.33.1-0.20231227175620-ea2e47b9fe73 h1:L8McmDRGqisYDX5wIG42hVTIgCz7aUdCbN0enVCovRs=
+sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.33.1-0.20231227175620-ea2e47b9fe73/go.mod h1:OAiiFe16SakE7GJNTuC2YTWZq0rwRUgqkunY1Y9TqYY=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/interruption/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/interruption/controller.go
index f1e9ba9b5596..e2f3cfc4798e 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/interruption/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/interruption/controller.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	sqsapi "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/sqs"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/metrics"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/apis/v1beta1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/utils/pretty"
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ import (
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/events"
 	corecontroller "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/operator/controller"
-	nodeclaimutil "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/utils/nodeclaim"
 )
 
 type Action string
@@ -208,12 +209,15 @@ func (c *Controller) deleteNodeClaim(ctx context.Context, nodeClaim *v1beta1.Nod
 	if !nodeClaim.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if err := nodeclaimutil.Delete(ctx, c.kubeClient, nodeClaim); err != nil {
+	if err := c.kubeClient.Delete(ctx, nodeClaim); err != nil {
 		return client.IgnoreNotFound(fmt.Errorf("deleting the node on interruption message, %w", err))
 	}
 	logging.FromContext(ctx).Infof("initiating delete from interruption message")
 	c.recorder.Publish(interruptionevents.TerminatingOnInterruption(node, nodeClaim)...)
-	nodeclaimutil.TerminatedCounter(nodeClaim, terminationReasonLabel).Inc()
+	metrics.NodeClaimsTerminatedCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{
+		metrics.ReasonLabel:   terminationReasonLabel,
+		metrics.NodePoolLabel: nodeClaim.Labels[v1beta1.NodePoolLabelKey],
+	}).Inc()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -245,8 +249,8 @@ func (c *Controller) notifyForMessage(msg messages.Message, nodeClaim *v1beta1.N
 // NodeClaim .status.providerID and the NodeClaim
 func (c *Controller) makeNodeClaimInstanceIDMap(ctx context.Context) (map[string]*v1beta1.NodeClaim, error) {
 	m := map[string]*v1beta1.NodeClaim{}
-	nodeClaimList, err := nodeclaimutil.List(ctx, c.kubeClient)
-	if err != nil {
+	nodeClaimList := &v1beta1.NodeClaimList{}
+	if err := c.kubeClient.List(ctx, nodeClaimList); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	for i := range nodeClaimList.Items {
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/nodeclaim/garbagecollection/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/nodeclaim/garbagecollection/controller.go
index 6955d23a0392..6e06163bb28b 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/nodeclaim/garbagecollection/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/nodeclaim/garbagecollection/controller.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/apis/v1beta1"
 	corecloudprovider "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/cloudprovider"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/operator/controller"
-	nodeclaimutil "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/utils/nodeclaim"
 
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter-provider-aws/pkg/cloudprovider"
 )
@@ -66,12 +65,12 @@ func (c *Controller) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, _ reconcile.Request) (reconc
 	managedRetrieved := lo.Filter(retrieved, func(nc *v1beta1.NodeClaim, _ int) bool {
 		return nc.Annotations[v1beta1.ManagedByAnnotationKey] != "" && nc.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero()
 	})
-	nodeClaimList, err := nodeclaimutil.List(ctx, c.kubeClient)
-	if err != nil {
+	nodeClaimList := &v1beta1.NodeClaimList{}
+	if err = c.kubeClient.List(ctx, nodeClaimList); err != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 	nodeList := &v1.NodeList{}
-	if err := c.kubeClient.List(ctx, nodeList); err != nil {
+	if err = c.kubeClient.List(ctx, nodeList); err != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 	resolvedProviderIDs := sets.New[string](lo.FilterMap(nodeClaimList.Items, func(n v1beta1.NodeClaim, _ int) (string, bool) {