diff --git a/cmd/controller/main.go b/cmd/controller/main.go
index 80ce6bad9dcc..0146572b9f2c 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
-	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
 
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/cloudprovider"
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/controllers"
@@ -44,10 +43,6 @@ func main() {
 	lo.Must0(op.AddHealthzCheck("cloud-provider", awsCloudProvider.LivenessProbe))
 	cloudProvider := metrics.Decorate(awsCloudProvider)
 
-	if err := op.ValidateK8sVersion(ctx); err != nil {
-		logging.FromContext(ctx).Error(err)
-	}
-
 	op.
 		WithControllers(ctx, corecontrollers.NewControllers(
 			ctx,
diff --git a/hack/docs/version_compatibility.go b/hack/docs/version_compatibility.go
index c3f989d45628..8a08295ac039 100644
--- a/hack/docs/version_compatibility.go
+++ b/hack/docs/version_compatibility.go
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/aws/karpenter/tools/kompat/pkg/kompat"
+	"github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/providers/version"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -33,24 +32,15 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	chart, err := kompat.Parse(os.Args[1])
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("unable to generate compatibility matrix")
-	}
-
-	sort.Slice(chart[0].Compatibility, func(i int, j int) bool {
-		return chart[0].Compatibility[i].AppVersion < chart[0].Compatibility[j].AppVersion
-	})
-
-	version := strings.TrimPrefix(os.Args[2], "v")
+	v := strings.TrimPrefix(os.Args[2], "v")
 	appendVersion := fmt.Sprintf(
 		`
   - appVersion: %s
     minK8sVersion: %s
     maxK8sVersion: %s`,
-		version,
-		chart[0].Compatibility[len(chart[0].Compatibility)-1].MinK8sVersion,
-		chart[0].Compatibility[len(chart[0].Compatibility)-1].MaxK8sVersion)
+		v,
+		version.MinK8sVersion,
+		version.MaxK8sVersion)
 
 	yamlFile, err := os.ReadFile(os.Args[1])
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index d532d9497096..65b355eae75b 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ssm"
 	"github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
 
-	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
-
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -61,12 +59,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/utils/project"
 )
 
-// Karpenter's supported version of Kubernetes
-// If a user runs a karpenter image on a k8s version outside the min and max,
-// One error message will be fired to notify
-const minK8sVersion = "1.23"
-const maxK8sVersion = "1.27"
-
 // Operator is injected into the AWS CloudProvider's factories
 type Operator struct {
 	*operator.Operator
@@ -187,20 +179,6 @@ func NewOperator(ctx context.Context, operator *operator.Operator) (context.Cont
 	}
 }
 
-func (op *Operator) ValidateK8sVersion(ctx context.Context) error {
-	v := lo.Must(op.VersionProvider.Get(ctx))
-	k8sVersion := utilversion.MustParseGeneric(v)
-
-	// We will only error if the user is running karpenter on a k8s version,
-	// that is out of the range of the minK8sVersion and maxK8sVersion
-	if k8sVersion.LessThan(utilversion.MustParseGeneric(minK8sVersion)) ||
-		utilversion.MustParseGeneric(maxK8sVersion).LessThan(k8sVersion) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("karpenter version is not compatible with K8s version %s", k8sVersion)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // withUserAgent adds a karpenter specific user-agent string to AWS session
 func withUserAgent(sess *session.Session) *session.Session {
 	userAgent := fmt.Sprintf("karpenter.sh-%s", project.Version)
diff --git a/pkg/providers/version/version.go b/pkg/providers/version/version.go
index 7f057734240b..28191fae383b 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/version/version.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/logging"
 
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	kubernetesVersionCacheKey = "kubernetesVersion"
+	// Karpenter's supported version of Kubernetes
+	// If a user runs a karpenter image on a k8s version outside the min and max,
+	// One error message will be fired to notify
+	MinK8sVersion = "1.23"
+	MaxK8sVersion = "1.27"
 )
 
 // Provider get the APIServer version. This will be initialized at start up and allows karpenter to have an understanding of the cluster version
@@ -59,6 +65,22 @@ func (p *Provider) Get(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	p.cache.SetDefault(kubernetesVersionCacheKey, version)
 	if p.cm.HasChanged("kubernetes-version", version) {
 		logging.FromContext(ctx).With("version", version).Debugf("discovered kubernetes version")
+		if err := validateK8sVersion(version); err != nil {
+			logging.FromContext(ctx).Error(err)
+		}
 	}
 	return version, nil
 }
+
+func validateK8sVersion(v string) error {
+	k8sVersion := version.MustParseGeneric(v)
+
+	// We will only error if the user is running karpenter on a k8s version,
+	// that is out of the range of the minK8sVersion and maxK8sVersion
+	if k8sVersion.LessThan(version.MustParseGeneric(MinK8sVersion)) ||
+		version.MustParseGeneric(MaxK8sVersion).LessThan(k8sVersion) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("karpenter version is not compatible with K8s version %s", k8sVersion)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}