diff --git a/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh b/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh
index fe046ad6a1..417e184f15 100755
--- a/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh
+++ b/hack/setup-kubeflow-light.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 TIMEOUT=600s  # 10mins
 
 echo "Creating Kubeflow namespace..."
-kubectl create namespace kubeflow
+kubectl create namespace kubeflow --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Deploying Cert-Manager."
 kustomize build common/cert-manager/cert-manager/base | kubectl apply -f -
diff --git a/hack/setup-kubeflow.sh b/hack/setup-kubeflow.sh
index 2978b9d804..02656b73b4 100755
--- a/hack/setup-kubeflow.sh
+++ b/hack/setup-kubeflow.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 TIMEOUT=600s  # 10mins
 
 echo "Creating Kubeflow namespace..."
-kubectl create namespace kubeflow
+kubectl create namespace kubeflow --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Deploying all Kubeflow components..."
 function install_kubeflow {