diff --git a/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApi.java b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApi.java
index 33fec11c2a..38b5960f51 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApi.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApi.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import io.kubernetes.client.util.generic.options.PatchOptions;
 import io.kubernetes.client.util.generic.options.UpdateOptions;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import okhttp3.Call;
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
 
@@ -476,6 +478,63 @@ public KubernetesApiResponse<ApiType> update(ApiType object, final UpdateOptions
         });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create kubernetes api response, if the namespace in the object is present, it will send a
+   * namespace-scoped requests, vice versa.
+   *
+   * @param object the object
+   * @param status function to extract the status from the object
+   * @return the kubernetes api response
+   */
+  public KubernetesApiResponse<ApiType> updateStatus(
+      ApiType object, Function<ApiType, Object> status) {
+    return updateStatus(object, status, new UpdateOptions());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update status of kubernetes api response.
+   *
+   * @param object the object
+   * @param status function to extract the status from the object
+   * @param updateOptions the update options
+   * @return the kubernetes api response
+   */
+  public KubernetesApiResponse<ApiType> updateStatus(
+      ApiType object, Function<ApiType, Object> status, final UpdateOptions updateOptions) {
+    V1ObjectMeta objectMeta = object.getMetadata();
+    return executeCall(
+        customObjectsApi.getApiClient(),
+        apiTypeClass,
+        () -> {
+          //// TODO(yue9944882): judge namespaced object via api discovery
+          boolean isNamespaced = !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(objectMeta.getNamespace());
+          if (isNamespaced) {
+            return customObjectsApi.patchNamespacedCustomObjectStatusCall(
+                this.apiGroup,
+                this.apiVersion,
+                objectMeta.getNamespace(),
+                this.resourcePlural,
+                objectMeta.getName(),
+                Arrays.asList(new StatusPatch(status.apply(object))),
+                updateOptions.getDryRun(),
+                updateOptions.getFieldManager(),
+                null,
+                null);
+          } else {
+            return customObjectsApi.patchClusterCustomObjectStatusCall(
+                this.apiGroup,
+                this.apiVersion,
+                this.resourcePlural,
+                objectMeta.getName(),
+                Arrays.asList(new StatusPatch(status.apply(object))),
+                updateOptions.getDryRun(),
+                updateOptions.getFieldManager(),
+                null,
+                null);
+          }
+        });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Patch kubernetes api response.
    *
@@ -771,4 +830,41 @@ private Call tweakCallForCoreV1Group(Call call) {
         .getHttpClient()
         .newCall(call.request().newBuilder().url(tweakedUrl).build());
   }
+
+  public static class StatusPatch {
+
+    private String op = "replace";
+
+    private String path = "/status";
+
+    private Object value;
+
+    public StatusPatch(Object value) {
+      this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public String getOp() {
+      return op;
+    }
+
+    public void setOp(String op) {
+      this.op = op;
+    }
+
+    public String getPath() {
+      return path;
+    }
+
+    public void setPath(String path) {
+      this.path = path;
+    }
+
+    public Object getValue() {
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(Object value) {
+      this.value = value;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/util/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApiTest.java b/util/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApiTest.java
index d465b74143..4c69549530 100644
--- a/util/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApiTest.java
+++ b/util/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/generic/GenericKubernetesApiTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiException;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Job;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1JobList;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1JobStatus;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1ListMeta;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1ObjectMeta;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Status;
@@ -152,6 +153,23 @@ public void updateNamespacedJobReturningObject() {
     verify(1, putRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo("/apis/batch/v1/namespaces/default/jobs/foo1")));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void updateStatusNamespacedJobReturningObject() {
+    V1Job foo1 =
+        new V1Job().kind("Job").metadata(new V1ObjectMeta().namespace("default").name("foo1"));
+    foo1.setStatus(new V1JobStatus().failed(1));
+
+    stubFor(
+        patch(urlEqualTo("/apis/batch/v1/namespaces/default/jobs/foo1/status"))
+            .willReturn(aResponse().withStatus(200).withBody(new Gson().toJson(foo1))));
+    KubernetesApiResponse<V1Job> jobListResp = jobClient.updateStatus(foo1, t -> t.getStatus());
+    assertTrue(jobListResp.isSuccess());
+    assertEquals(foo1, jobListResp.getObject());
+    assertNull(jobListResp.getStatus());
+    verify(
+        1, patchRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo("/apis/batch/v1/namespaces/default/jobs/foo1/status")));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void patchNamespacedJobReturningObject() {
     V1Patch v1Patch = new V1Patch("{}");