diff --git a/.deployUtils b/.deployUtils
index c167271..6e84d58 100644
--- a/.deployUtils
+++ b/.deployUtils
@@ -402,6 +402,15 @@ deployPrometheusForFederation() {
   fi
 }
 
+restartKSM() {
+  clusterName=${1}
+  kubectl config use-context kind-${clusterName}
+
+  # Restarts the metrics to make sure all resources exists before ksm starts.
+  # https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/issues/2142
+  kubectl delete pods -n monitoring -l app.kubernetes.io/name=kube-state-metrics
+}
+
 installAPIDashboards() {
   local PROMETHEUS_FOR_FEDERATION_API_DASHBOARDS_KUSTOMIZATION_DIR="$2"
   local PROMETHEUS_FOR_FEDERATION_API_DASHBOARDS_GRAFANA_PATCH="$3"
diff --git a/quickstart.sh b/quickstart.sh
index c5386ea..e3dbcf3 100755
--- a/quickstart.sh
+++ b/quickstart.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ configureGatekeeper ${KIND_CLUSTER_CONTROL_PLANE}
 
 setupDemoResources ${KIND_CLUSTER_CONTROL_PLANE}
 
+restartKSM ${KIND_CLUSTER_CONTROL_PLANE}
 
 if [[ -n "${API_WORKLOAD_CLUSTERS_COUNT}" ]]; then
   for ((i = 1; i <= ${API_WORKLOAD_CLUSTERS_COUNT}; i++)); do
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ if [[ -n "${API_WORKLOAD_CLUSTERS_COUNT}" ]]; then
     configureManagedAddon ${KIND_CLUSTER_CONTROL_PLANE} ${KIND_CLUSTER_WORKLOAD}-${i}
     configureClusterAsIngress ${KIND_CLUSTER_CONTROL_PLANE} ${KIND_CLUSTER_WORKLOAD}-${i}
     deployPrometheusForFederation ${KIND_CLUSTER_WORKLOAD}-${i} ${PROMETHEUS_FOR_FEDERATION_DIR}?ref=${MGC_BRANCH}
+    restartKSM ${KIND_CLUSTER_WORKLOAD}-${i}
   done
 fi