diff --git a/kubernetes_asyncio/dynamic/discovery.py b/kubernetes_asyncio/dynamic/discovery.py
index ae616270c..3f22aba92 100644
--- a/kubernetes_asyncio/dynamic/discovery.py
+++ b/kubernetes_asyncio/dynamic/discovery.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from functools import partial
 from typing import Dict
 
+from aiohttp.client_exceptions import ContentTypeError
 from urllib3.exceptions import MaxRetryError, ProtocolError
 
 from kubernetes_asyncio import __version__
@@ -183,7 +184,9 @@ async def get_resources_for_api_version(self, prefix, group, version, preferred)
         try:
             response = await self.client.request('GET', path)
             resources_response = response.resources or []
-        except ServiceUnavailableError:
+        except (ServiceUnavailableError, ContentTypeError):
+            # Handle both service unavailable errors and content type errors
+            # (e.g., when server returns 503 with text/plain)
             resources_response = []
 
         resources_raw = list(filter(lambda r: '/' not in r['name'], resources_response))