# Cant connect to a cluster - Error while proxying request: getting credentials: decoding stdout: no kind "ExecCredential" is registered for version "client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1" in scheme "pkg/runtime/scheme.go:100"

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**Created:** [May 12, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/cant-connect-to-a-cluster-error-while-proxying-request-getting-credentials-decoding-stdout-no-kind-execcredential-is-registered-for-version-client-authentication-k8s-io-v1alpha1-in-scheme-pkg-runtime-scheme-go-100/6020 "2025-05-12T07:11:29Z")
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**ERROR** E0509 14:59:47.857012 23316 proxy\_server.go:147] Error while proxying request: getting credentials: decoding stdout: no kind “ExecCredential” is registered for version “[client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1](http://client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1)” in scheme “pkg/runtime/scheme.go:100”

- name: arn:aws:eks:eu-central-1:…  
user:  
exec:  
apiVersion: [client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1](http://client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1)  
args:  
- --region  
- eu-central-1  
- eks  
- get-token  
- --cluster-name  
- eu-central-1-staging-demo-cluster  
- --output  
- json  
command: aws  
env:  
- name: AWS\_PROFILE  
value: xentral-staging  
interactiveMode: IfAvailable  
provideClusterInfo: false

I have latest kubectl aws-cli

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### Author: ![phorsmalahti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/user_avatar/forums.k8slens.dev/phorsmalahti/32/560_2.png) [@phorsmalahti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/phorsmalahti)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/cant-connect-to-a-cluster-error-while-proxying-request-getting-credentials-decoding-stdout-no-kind-execcredential-is-registered-for-version-client-authentication-k8s-io-v1alpha1-in-scheme-pkg-runtime-scheme-go-100/6020/2 "2025-05-12T07:12:07Z")

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You need to recreate the kubeconfig file which would update the version