diff --git a/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts b/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts
index efa1b681..dd3f2c05 100644
--- a/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts
@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ function applyScript(kafka: PlatformKafkaConfig, target: KafkaTarget, manifest:
   const dryRun = options.dryRun;
   const mode = dryRun ? "dry-run" : "confirmed";
   const dryServer = dryRun ? "--dry-run=server " : "";
-  const dryClient = dryRun ? "--dry-run=client " : "";
   const stepTimeoutSeconds = Math.max(5, Math.min(kafka.validation.timeoutSeconds, 20));
   const checkTimeoutSeconds = Math.max(5, Math.min(kafka.validation.pollSeconds, 10));
   const operatorManifest = operator.manifest ?? "";
@@ -655,7 +654,7 @@ cat >"$manifest" <<'UNIDESK_KAFKA_RUNTIME_YAML'
 ${manifest}
 UNIDESK_KAFKA_RUNTIME_YAML
 
-kubectl create namespace ${target.namespace} ${dryClient}-o yaml >"$tmp/ns.yaml" 2>"$tmp/ns-create.err"
+kubectl create namespace ${target.namespace} --dry-run=client -o yaml >"$tmp/ns.yaml" 2>"$tmp/ns-create.err"
 ns_create_rc=$?
 if [ "$ns_create_rc" -eq 0 ]; then
   timeout ${stepTimeoutSeconds} kubectl apply --server-side ${dryServer}--force-conflicts --field-manager=${fieldManager} -f "$tmp/ns.yaml" >"$tmp/ns.out" 2>"$tmp/ns.err"