diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8a8770894f88..598db1a1b9c8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.1
 	github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.48.0
-	github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.32.2-0.20231121214117-c23727be4ae6
+	github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.32.2-0.20231122223643-d0156e68fd30
 	github.com/aws/karpenter/tools/kompat v0.0.0-20231010173459-62c25a3ea85c
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d420757143c9..ddb16342b4b7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible h1:4SOWQ7Qs+oroOTQOYnAHqelpCO0biHS
 github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:XtSnn+n/sHqQIpZ10K1qAevBhOOCWBLXXy3hyiqqBrY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.48.0 h1:1SeJ8agckRDQvnSCt1dGZYAwUaoD2Ixj6IaXB4LCv8Q=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.48.0/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
-github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.32.2-0.20231121214117-c23727be4ae6 h1:GCHU/rgMTph307DflPV7GnstyXhBY4EkeuBZtbuJsYg=
-github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.32.2-0.20231121214117-c23727be4ae6/go.mod h1:gK9w/cwNREE8BXh41nEJ9Qsls4E5KalPVgGTdH1Kxaw=
+github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.32.2-0.20231122223643-d0156e68fd30 h1:kasY2OTqjHEbTGyZD22emDCFyb9g4HaVeEhY6VCMZzc=
+github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.32.2-0.20231122223643-d0156e68fd30/go.mod h1:gK9w/cwNREE8BXh41nEJ9Qsls4E5KalPVgGTdH1Kxaw=
 github.com/aws/karpenter/tools/kompat v0.0.0-20231010173459-62c25a3ea85c h1:oXWwIttmjYLbBKhLazG21aQvpJ3NOOr8IXhCJ/p6e/M=
 github.com/aws/karpenter/tools/kompat v0.0.0-20231010173459-62c25a3ea85c/go.mod h1:l/TIBsaCx/IrOr0Xvlj/cHLOf05QzuQKEZ1hx2XWmfU=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
index 49fc7ae9b786..89516938d2ba 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import (
 	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	nodeclaimutil "github.com/aws/karpenter-core/pkg/utils/nodeclaim"
 	cloudproviderevents "github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/cloudprovider/events"
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/providers/amifamily"
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/providers/instance"
@@ -194,9 +193,13 @@ func (c *CloudProvider) Delete(ctx context.Context, nodeClaim *corev1beta1.NodeC
 
 func (c *CloudProvider) IsDrifted(ctx context.Context, nodeClaim *corev1beta1.NodeClaim) (cloudprovider.DriftReason, error) {
 	// Not needed when GetInstanceTypes removes nodepool dependency
-	nodePool, err := nodeclaimutil.Owner(ctx, c.kubeClient, nodeClaim)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", client.IgnoreNotFound(fmt.Errorf("resolving owner, %w", err))
+	nodePoolName, ok := nodeClaim.Labels[corev1beta1.NodePoolLabelKey]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	nodePool := &corev1beta1.NodePool{}
+	if err := c.kubeClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: nodePoolName}, nodePool); err != nil {
+		return "", client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
 	if nodePool.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeClassRef == nil {
 		return "", nil