diff --git a/k8s_handle/__init__.py b/k8s_handle/__init__.py
index 44dd57d..33a0ca3 100644
--- a/k8s_handle/__init__.py
+++ b/k8s_handle/__init__.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _handler_provision(command, resources, priority_evaluator, use_kubeconfig, s
         for resource in resources:
             deprecation_checker.run(resource)
             available_checker.run(resource)
-    except client.api_client.ApiException:
+    except client.exceptions.ApiException:
         log.warning("Error while getting API version, deprecation check will be skipped.")
 
     if command == COMMAND_DIFF:
diff --git a/tests/test_handlers.py b/tests/test_handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c673521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from k8s_handle import settings
+from k8s_handle import handler_deploy
+from kubernetes import client
+
+
+class TestDeployHandler(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        settings.CONFIG_FILE = 'tests/fixtures/config_with_env_vars.yaml'
+        settings.TEMPLATES_DIR = 'templates/tests'
+        os.environ['K8S_CONFIG_DIR'] = '/tmp/kube/'
+        os.environ['SECTION1'] = 'not found'
+        os.environ['SECTION'] = 'section-1'
+
+    @patch('k8s_handle.templating.Renderer._generate_file')
+    @patch('kubernetes.client.api.version_api.VersionApi.get_code_with_http_info')
+    @patch('k8s_handle.k8s.provisioner.Provisioner.run')
+    def test_api_exception_handling(
+        self,
+        mocked_provisioner_run,
+        mocked_client_version_api_get_code,
+        mocked_generate_file
+    ):
+        mocked_client_version_api_get_code.side_effect = client.exceptions.ApiException(
+            'Max retries exceeded with url: /version/'
+        )
+
+        configs = {
+            'section': os.environ['SECTION'],
+            'config': settings.CONFIG_FILE,
+            "use_kubeconfig": True
+        }
+        # client.exceptions.ApiException should be handled
+        handler_deploy(configs)