diff --git a/src/utils/shared/k8s/delete.go b/src/utils/shared/k8s/delete.go
index 046b6cde570..c9728f78c32 100644
--- a/src/utils/shared/k8s/delete.go
+++ b/src/utils/shared/k8s/delete.go
@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ func (o *ObjectDeleter) runDelete(r *resource.Result) (int, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		// In newer versions of k8s, the resource name can be empty. This causes
+		// the delete to fail since it can't watch for the resource. See
+		// https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie/issues/2029 for more details.
+		if info.Name == "" {
+			log.Debugf("Skipping resource with empty name: %+v\n", info)
+			return nil
+		}
 		deletedInfos = append(deletedInfos, info)
 		found++