diff --git a/simulator/resourceapplier/resourceapplier.go b/simulator/resourceapplier/resourceapplier.go
index 13dea0ad..e821f3af 100644
--- a/simulator/resourceapplier/resourceapplier.go
+++ b/simulator/resourceapplier/resourceapplier.go
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ func removeUnnecessaryMetadata(resource *unstructured.Unstructured) *unstructure
 	resource.SetUID("")
 	resource.SetGeneration(0)
 	resource.SetResourceVersion("")
+	resource.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
 
 	return resource
 }
diff --git a/simulator/snapshot/snapshot.go b/simulator/snapshot/snapshot.go
index ce2f6fb6..d19d21af 100644
--- a/simulator/snapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/simulator/snapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ func (s *Service) applyPods(ctx context.Context, r *ResourcesForLoad, eg *util.S
 		pod := r.Pods[i]
 		if err := eg.Go(func() error {
 			pod.ObjectMetaApplyConfiguration.UID = nil
+			pod.ObjectMetaApplyConfiguration.CreationTimestamp = nil
+			pod.ObjectMetaApplyConfiguration.ResourceVersion = nil
+
 			pod.WithAPIVersion("v1").WithKind("Pod")
 			_, err := s.client.CoreV1().Pods(*pod.Namespace).Apply(ctx, &pod, metav1.ApplyOptions{Force: true, FieldManager: "simulator"})
 			if err != nil {