diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/kubernetes.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/kubernetes.py
index f01bbbe4cf8b..d7daf9e86da3 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/kubernetes.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/kubernetes.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def __configure_port_routing(self, ajs):
         service = Service(self._pykube_api, k8s_service_obj)
         service.create()
         ingress = Ingress(self._pykube_api, k8s_ingress_obj)
-        ingress.version = self.runner_params.get("k8s_ingress_api_version")
+        ingress.version = self.runner_params["k8s_ingress_api_version"]
         ingress.create()
 
     def __get_overridable_params(self, job_wrapper, param_key):