diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 10554d76e..370cebcf4 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -760,11 +760,11 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/api",
-			"Rev": "73d7eb3bb026"
+			"Rev": "03aa42fe49ac"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
-			"Rev": "ba0f2f062330"
+			"Rev": "6084ad015ddd"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/cli-runtime",
@@ -772,11 +772,11 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/client-go",
-			"Rev": "b643ec487eb7"
+			"Rev": "ba26c4506d39"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/code-generator",
-			"Rev": "5a311e69ffcf"
+			"Rev": "7dbebec02af3"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/component-base",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a1ed3a624..b043ea209 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/xlab/handysort v0.0.0-20150421192137-fb3537ed64a1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200622214017-ed371f2e16b4
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200902051604-73d7eb3bb026
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200902131538-ba0f2f062330
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200902131916-03aa42fe49ac
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200902171538-6084ad015ddd
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20200902135640-4d285f01f90f
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200902132332-b643ec487eb7
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200903011833-ba26c4506d39
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200902133139-1d2c8187d823
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200902051604-73d7eb3bb026
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200902131538-ba0f2f062330
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200902131916-03aa42fe49ac
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200902171538-6084ad015ddd
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20200902135640-4d285f01f90f
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200902132332-b643ec487eb7
-	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20200813011144-5a311e69ffcf
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200903011833-ba26c4506d39
+	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20200902211251-7dbebec02af3
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200902133139-1d2c8187d823
 	k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.0.0-20200902135418-05baf84b7531
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index de498cf3b..4c3c6d6b1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -503,11 +503,11 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200902051604-73d7eb3bb026/go.mod h1:qMn0Ckwm7+s/YbS3iDBlHErlW/SeOXttpV83LV5iO5M=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200902131538-ba0f2f062330/go.mod h1:DnPGDnARWFvYa3pMHgSxtbZb7gpzzAZ1pTfaUNDVlmA=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200902131916-03aa42fe49ac/go.mod h1:RRBubtUUfQknZlqyrIcyOzchPl/ndgo1xAGCzjrKrQU=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200902171538-6084ad015ddd/go.mod h1:DnPGDnARWFvYa3pMHgSxtbZb7gpzzAZ1pTfaUNDVlmA=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20200902135640-4d285f01f90f/go.mod h1:dMX648DBrr+l8yWksbYdwcMzDEM/H0QGyJ8EOKiF9xY=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200902132332-b643ec487eb7/go.mod h1:1CDKw+WUI72vWcFo0SpATCUkR78esmyqaIDImRWHmkk=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20200813011144-5a311e69ffcf/go.mod h1:moqLn7w0t9cMs4+5CQyxnfA/HV8MF6aAVENF+WZZhgk=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200903011833-ba26c4506d39/go.mod h1:IlEd8lxjDG8cvAB6MHAPJe9pO2IOxBafW1hrpyMFf0U=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20200902211251-7dbebec02af3/go.mod h1:moqLn7w0t9cMs4+5CQyxnfA/HV8MF6aAVENF+WZZhgk=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200902133139-1d2c8187d823/go.mod h1:0gnPCcp/GY+eCzs3ctBHW+6CDRXi6+WyHI39AhX3nHQ=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200428234225-8167cfdcfc14/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
diff --git a/pkg/drain/drain.go b/pkg/drain/drain.go
index a6657d1a7..30b790a9c 100644
--- a/pkg/drain/drain.go
+++ b/pkg/drain/drain.go
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ func (d *Helper) evictPods(pods []corev1.Pod, policyGroupVersion string, getPodF
 	defer cancel()
 	for _, pod := range pods {
 		go func(pod corev1.Pod, returnCh chan error) {
+			refreshPod := false
 			for {
 				switch d.DryRunStrategy {
 				case cmdutil.DryRunServer:
@@ -268,17 +269,40 @@ func (d *Helper) evictPods(pods []corev1.Pod, policyGroupVersion string, getPodF
 					return
 				default:
 				}
-				err := d.EvictPod(pod, policyGroupVersion)
+
+				// Create a temporary pod so we don't mutate the pod in the loop.
+				activePod := pod
+				if refreshPod {
+					freshPod, err := getPodFn(pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
+					// We ignore errors and let eviction sort it out with
+					// the original pod.
+					if err == nil {
+						activePod = *freshPod
+					}
+					refreshPod = false
+				}
+
+				err := d.EvictPod(activePod, policyGroupVersion)
 				if err == nil {
 					break
 				} else if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 					returnCh <- nil
 					return
 				} else if apierrors.IsTooManyRequests(err) {
-					fmt.Fprintf(d.ErrOut, "error when evicting pods/%q -n %q (will retry after 5s): %v\n", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, err)
+					fmt.Fprintf(d.ErrOut, "error when evicting pods/%q -n %q (will retry after 5s): %v\n", activePod.Name, activePod.Namespace, err)
+					time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+				} else if !activePod.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() && apierrors.IsForbidden(err) && apierrors.HasStatusCause(err, corev1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
+					// an eviction request in a deleting namespace will throw a forbidden error,
+					// if the pod is already marked deleted, we can ignore this error, an eviction
+					// request will never succeed, but we will waitForDelete for this pod.
+					break
+				} else if apierrors.IsForbidden(err) && apierrors.HasStatusCause(err, corev1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
+					// an eviction request in a deleting namespace will throw a forbidden error,
+					// if the pod is not marked deleted, we retry until it is.
+					fmt.Fprintf(d.ErrOut, "error when evicting pod %q (will retry after 5s): %v\n", activePod.Name, err)
 					time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 				} else {
-					returnCh <- fmt.Errorf("error when evicting pods/%q -n %q: %v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, err)
+					returnCh <- fmt.Errorf("error when evicting pods/%q -n %q: %v", activePod.Name, activePod.Namespace, err)
 					return
 				}
 			}