diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7799bd991172..316613d157dc 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 v1.44.328
-	github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.30.0-rc.0.0.20230821212413-c6431d9170fd
+	github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.30.0-rc.0.0.20230822175121-c71cf73b5a52
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.15.1
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d1797233d921..4e38df401706 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ 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 v1.44.328 h1:WBwlf8ym9SDQ/GTIBO9eXyvwappKJyOetWJKl4mT7ZU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.328/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
-github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.30.0-rc.0.0.20230821212413-c6431d9170fd h1:aukJqwqzn2psok14fFYkeyT/1xvbK3loMhzXSfyVjkk=
-github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.30.0-rc.0.0.20230821212413-c6431d9170fd/go.mod h1:AQl8m8OtgO2N8IlZlzAU6MTrJTJSbe6K4GwdRUNSJVc=
+github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.30.0-rc.0.0.20230822175121-c71cf73b5a52 h1:vjppWOFi+YWrtNE3KhKka/2YLMet9obGiq/dsikxDJQ=
+github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.30.0-rc.0.0.20230822175121-c71cf73b5a52/go.mod h1:AQl8m8OtgO2N8IlZlzAU6MTrJTJSbe6K4GwdRUNSJVc=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 h1:ip6w0uFQkncKQ979AypyG0ER7mqUSBdKLOgAle/AT8A=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
diff --git a/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go b/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go
index 5d6030fe592d..5069e71c08a1 100644
--- a/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go
+++ b/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func getIdentMapping(identName string) (string, error) {
 		"metrics.Namespace": metrics.Namespace,
 		"Namespace":         metrics.Namespace,
 
-		"nodeSubsystem":           "nodes",
+		"NodeSubsystem":           "nodes",
 		"machineSubsystem":        "machines",
 		"nodeClaimSubsystem":      "nodeclaims",
 		"interruptionSubsystem":   "interruption",
diff --git a/test/pkg/environment/common/expectations.go b/test/pkg/environment/common/expectations.go
index 409cdb3bb804..e0683d04a7eb 100644
--- a/test/pkg/environment/common/expectations.go
+++ b/test/pkg/environment/common/expectations.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	pscheduling "github.com/aws/karpenter-core/pkg/controllers/provisioning/scheduling"
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter-core/pkg/scheduling"
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter-core/pkg/test"
+	nodepoolutil "github.com/aws/karpenter-core/pkg/utils/nodepool"
 )
 
 func (env *Environment) ExpectCreatedWithOffset(offset int, objects ...client.Object) {
@@ -572,8 +573,8 @@ func (env *Environment) GetDaemonSetCount(prov *v1alpha5.Provisioner) int {
 
 	return lo.CountBy(daemonSetList.Items, func(d appsv1.DaemonSet) bool {
 		p := &v1.Pod{Spec: d.Spec.Template.Spec}
-		nodeTemplate := pscheduling.NewMachineTemplate(prov)
-		if err := nodeTemplate.Taints.Tolerates(p); err != nil {
+		nodeTemplate := pscheduling.NewNodeClaimTemplate(nodepoolutil.New(prov))
+		if err := scheduling.Taints(nodeTemplate.Spec.Taints).Tolerates(p); err != nil {
 			return false
 		}
 		if err := nodeTemplate.Requirements.Compatible(scheduling.NewPodRequirements(p)); err != nil {