diff --git a/src/k8s-runtime/HISTORY.rst b/src/k8s-runtime/HISTORY.rst
index f5f9a417ffd..7fed64f513f 100644
--- a/src/k8s-runtime/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/k8s-runtime/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+2.0.1
+++++++
+* Remove `__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)` to fix the namespace package issue.
+
 2.0.0
 ++++++
 * Use stable ARM API version `2024-08-01` 
diff --git a/src/k8s-runtime/azext_k8s_runtime/vendored_sdks/__init__.py b/src/k8s-runtime/azext_k8s_runtime/vendored_sdks/__init__.py
index b0d64337177..34913fb394d 100644
--- a/src/k8s-runtime/azext_k8s_runtime/vendored_sdks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/k8s-runtime/azext_k8s_runtime/vendored_sdks/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
\ No newline at end of file
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/k8s-runtime/setup.py b/src/k8s-runtime/setup.py
index 2cc9f483922..4181b382883 100644
--- a/src/k8s-runtime/setup.py
+++ b/src/k8s-runtime/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 # HISTORY.rst entry.
-VERSION = '2.0.0'
+VERSION = '2.0.1'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers