diff --git a/pkg/checks/diff/diff.go b/pkg/checks/diff/diff.go
index 0738cba8..88facb4a 100644
--- a/pkg/checks/diff/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/checks/diff/diff.go
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
 	cmdutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/cmd/util"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/controller"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/application"
@@ -15,21 +19,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/diff"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/hook"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/ignore"
-	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/tracing"
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/go-logr/zerologr"
 	"github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"io"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/textlogger"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/pkg/checks"
+	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/pkg/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube"
 	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/pkg/msg"
 	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/telemetry"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/apply/apply.go b/pkg/kubectl/apply/apply.go
index 6ea921eb..f67722a2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/apply/apply.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/apply/apply.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericiooptions"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers"
-	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/openapi3"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/csaupgrade"
@@ -52,6 +51,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/prune"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/validation"
+
+	"github.com/zapier/kubechecks/pkg/kubectl/cli-runtime/resource"
 )
 
 // ApplyFlags directly reflect the information that CLI is gathering via flags.  They will be converted to Options, which
@@ -584,15 +585,25 @@ func (o *ApplyOptions) applyOneObject(info *resource.Info) error {
 		options := metav1.PatchOptions{
 			Force: &o.ForceConflicts,
 		}
-		obj, err := helper.
+		result := helper.
 			WithSubresource(o.Subresource).
-			Patch(
+			PatchWithWarnings(
 				info.Namespace,
 				info.Name,
 				types.ApplyPatchType,
 				data,
 				&options,
 			)
+		if len(result.Warnings()) > 0 {
+			warnings := ""
+			for _, warning := range result.Warnings() {
+				warnings += fmt.Sprintf("Warning:  %s\n", warning.Text)
+			}
+			if warnings != "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s", warnings)
+			}
+		}
+		obj, err := result.Get()
 		if err != nil {
 			if isIncompatibleServerError(err) {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("Server-side apply not available on the server: (%v)", err)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cli-runtime/resource/helper.go b/pkg/kubectl/cli-runtime/resource/helper.go
index aa400ae0..46f7574d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cli-runtime/resource/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cli-runtime/resource/helper.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -247,6 +248,10 @@ func (m *Helper) createResource(c RESTClient, resource, namespace string, obj ru
 		Get()
 }
 func (m *Helper) Patch(namespace, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, options *metav1.PatchOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	return m.PatchWithWarnings(namespace, name, pt, data, options).Get()
+}
+
+func (m *Helper) PatchWithWarnings(namespace, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, options *metav1.PatchOptions) rest.Result {
 	if options == nil {
 		options = &metav1.PatchOptions{}
 	}
@@ -266,8 +271,7 @@ func (m *Helper) Patch(namespace, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte,
 		SubResource(m.Subresource).
 		VersionedParams(options, metav1.ParameterCodec).
 		Body(data).
-		Do(context.TODO()).
-		Get()
+		Do(context.TODO())
 }
 
 func (m *Helper) Replace(namespace, name string, overwrite bool, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {