diff --git a/armada/handlers/k8s.py b/armada/handlers/k8s.py
index f65a6316..727ecb98 100644
--- a/armada/handlers/k8s.py
+++ b/armada/handlers/k8s.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class K8s(object):
             group, version, namespace, plural, body)
 
     def delete_custom_resource(
-            self, group, version, namespace, plural, name, body):
+            self, group, version, namespace, plural, name, body={}):
         """Deletes a custom resource
 
         :param group: the custom resource's group
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ class K8s(object):
         :rtype: object
         """
         return self.custom_objects.delete_namespaced_custom_object(
-            group, version, namespace, plural, name, body)
+            group, version, namespace, plural, name, body=body)
 
     def read_custom_resource(self, group, version, namespace, plural, name):
         """Gets information on a specified custom resource
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e8051a8..f1416ea2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ grpcio==1.16.0
 jsonschema>=2.6.0
 keystoneauth1==2.21.0
 keystonemiddleware==4.9.1
-kubernetes>=9.0.0
+kubernetes>=11.0.0
 Paste>=2.0.3
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.2
 protobuf>=3.4.0