diff --git a/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventAggregator.java b/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventAggregator.java
index f4bd4f9c76..a231eddc7f 100644
--- a/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventAggregator.java
+++ b/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventAggregator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.MutablePair;
 
 public class EventAggregator {
@@ -30,10 +32,19 @@ public class EventAggregator {
   public static final java.time.Duration DEFAULT_EVENT_AGGREGATE_CACHE_EXPIRATION =
       java.time.Duration.ofSeconds(600);
 
+  public EventAggregator(
+     int maxLRUCacheEntries,
+     Function<CoreV1Event, MutablePair<String, String>> keyFunc,
+     Function<CoreV1Event, String> messageFunc) {
+      this(maxLRUCacheEntries, keyFunc, messageFunc, OffsetDateTime::now);
+  }
+
   public EventAggregator(
       int maxLRUCacheEntries,
       Function<CoreV1Event, MutablePair<String, String>> keyFunc,
-      Function<CoreV1Event, String> messageFunc) {
+      Function<CoreV1Event, String> messageFunc,
+      Supplier<OffsetDateTime> now) {
+    this.now = now;
     this.keyFunc = keyFunc;
     this.messageFunc = messageFunc;
     this.maxEvents = DEFAULT_MAX_EVENT_LOCAL_KEYS;
@@ -47,11 +58,12 @@ public EventAggregator(
   private Cache<String, AggregatedRecord> spammingCache;
   private Function<CoreV1Event, MutablePair<String, String>> keyFunc;
   private Function<CoreV1Event, String> messageFunc;
+  private final Supplier<OffsetDateTime> now;
 
   private final int maxEvents;
 
   public synchronized MutablePair<CoreV1Event, String> aggregate(CoreV1Event event) {
-    OffsetDateTime now = OffsetDateTime.now();
+    OffsetDateTime now = this.now.get();
 
     MutablePair<String, String> aggregatedKeys = keyFunc.apply(event);
     String aggregatedKey = aggregatedKeys.getLeft();
diff --git a/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventCorrelator.java b/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventCorrelator.java
index 69d577cb49..9a128ceb0e 100644
--- a/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventCorrelator.java
+++ b/extended/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/legacy/EventCorrelator.java
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 
 import io.kubernetes.client.custom.V1Patch;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.CoreV1Event;
+
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.MutablePair;
 
 public class EventCorrelator {
@@ -25,6 +29,10 @@ public class EventCorrelator {
   protected EventLogger logger;
 
   public EventCorrelator() {
+    this(OffsetDateTime::now);
+  }
+
+  public EventCorrelator(Supplier<OffsetDateTime> now) {
     final int maxLRUCacheEntries = 4096;
 
     this.filter = new EventSpamFilter(maxLRUCacheEntries, EventUtils::getSpamKey)::filter;
@@ -32,7 +40,8 @@ public EventCorrelator() {
         new EventAggregator(
             maxLRUCacheEntries,
             EventUtils::getAggregatedAndLocalKeyByReason,
-            EventUtils::getAggregatedMessageByReason);
+            EventUtils::getAggregatedMessageByReason,
+            now);
     this.logger = new EventLogger(maxLRUCacheEntries, EventUtils::getEventKey);
   }
 
diff --git a/extended/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/EventCorrelatorTest.java b/extended/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/EventCorrelatorTest.java
index 49309a9fa9..e167cd4bed 100644
--- a/extended/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/EventCorrelatorTest.java
+++ b/extended/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/extended/event/EventCorrelatorTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.MutablePair;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
@@ -143,9 +145,11 @@ void eventCorrelate(
       CoreV1Event expectedEvent,
       Boolean expectedSkip)
       throws Exception {
-    EventCorrelator correlator = new EventCorrelator();
+    AtomicReference<OffsetDateTime> time =
+    new AtomicReference<>(OffsetDateTime.now());
+    EventCorrelator correlator = new EventCorrelator(() -> time.getAndUpdate(t -> t.plusSeconds(1)));
+    OffsetDateTime now = OffsetDateTime.now();
     for (CoreV1Event event : previousEvents) {
-      OffsetDateTime now = OffsetDateTime.now();
       event.setFirstTimestamp(now);
       event.setLastTimestamp(now);
       Optional<MutablePair<CoreV1Event, V1Patch>> result = correlator.correlate(event);
@@ -153,8 +157,7 @@ void eventCorrelate(
         correlator.updateState(event);
       }
     }
-    Thread.sleep(100);
-    OffsetDateTime now = OffsetDateTime.now();
+    now = now.plusSeconds(1);
     newEvent.setFirstTimestamp(now);
     newEvent.setLastTimestamp(now);
     Optional<MutablePair<CoreV1Event, V1Patch>> result = correlator.correlate(newEvent);