diff --git a/app/portainer/views/auth/authController.js b/app/portainer/views/auth/authController.js
index a03e19109..9004d2cde 100644
--- a/app/portainer/views/auth/authController.js
+++ b/app/portainer/views/auth/authController.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import angular from 'angular';
 import uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4';
 import { getEnvironments } from '@/react/portainer/environments/environment.service';
+import { dispatchCacheRefreshEvent } from '@/portainer/services/http-request.helper';
 
 class AuthenticationController {
   /* @ngInject */
@@ -261,6 +262,9 @@ class AuthenticationController {
         this.LocalStorage.cleanLogoutReason();
       }
 
+      // always clear the kubernetes cache on login
+      dispatchCacheRefreshEvent();
+
       if (this.Authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
         await this.postLoginSteps();
       }
diff --git a/app/portainer/views/logout/logoutController.js b/app/portainer/views/logout/logoutController.js
index 244081c07..5369121d6 100644
--- a/app/portainer/views/logout/logoutController.js
+++ b/app/portainer/views/logout/logoutController.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import angular from 'angular';
+import { dispatchCacheRefreshEvent } from '@/portainer/services/http-request.helper';
 
 class LogoutController {
   /* @ngInject */
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ class LogoutController {
     try {
       await this.Authentication.logout();
     } finally {
+      // always clear the kubernetes cache
+      dispatchCacheRefreshEvent();
+
       this.LocalStorage.storeLogoutReason(error);
       if (settings.OAuthLogoutURI && this.Authentication.getUserDetails().ID !== 1) {
         this.$window.location.href = settings.OAuthLogoutURI;