diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go b/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go
index 4340c03ee..cf9084029 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/factory_client_access.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/openapi/cached"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/openapi"
@@ -167,8 +168,18 @@ func (f *factoryImpl) Validator(validationDirective string) (validation.Schema,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Create the FieldValidationVerifier for use in the ParamVerifyingSchema.
-	verifier := resource.NewQueryParamVerifier(dynamicClient, f.openAPIGetter(), resource.QueryParamFieldValidation)
-	return validation.NewParamVerifyingSchema(schema, verifier, string(validationDirective)), nil
+	discoveryClient, err := f.ToDiscoveryClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Memory-cache the OpenAPI V3 responses. The disk cache behavior is determined by
+	// the discovery client.
+	oapiV3Client := cached.NewClient(discoveryClient.OpenAPIV3())
+	queryParam := resource.QueryParamFieldValidation
+	primary := resource.NewQueryParamVerifierV3(dynamicClient, oapiV3Client, queryParam)
+	secondary := resource.NewQueryParamVerifier(dynamicClient, f.openAPIGetter(), queryParam)
+	fallback := resource.NewFallbackQueryParamVerifier(primary, secondary)
+	return validation.NewParamVerifyingSchema(schema, fallback, string(validationDirective)), nil
 }
 
 // OpenAPISchema returns metadata and structural information about