How do I get the latest pods using for labels using fabric8 kubernetes client after re-creating/replacing the deployment?

Question

I keep getting the older pods while listing pods (pods in older deployment) for a deployment after recreating the deployment (either by replace or delete and create), using this code:

List<Pod> otelCollectorPods =
  client
    .pods()
    .inNamespace(LOGCOLLECTION_NAMESPACE)
    .withLabels(otelCollectorDeployment.getMetadata().getLabels())
    .list()
    .getItems();

for (Pod pod : otelCollectorPods) {
  String podName = pod.getMetadata().getName();
  
  InputStream outputJsonFileInputStream =
    client
      .pods()
      .inNamespace(LOGCOLLECTION_NAMESPACE)
      .withName(podName)
      .file("/otel-output/json-out.json")
      .read();

  // do something with the inputstream...
}

I have tried creating deployment using createOrReplace as well as delete and the create, nothing worked:

client
  .apps()
  .deployments()
  .inNamespace(LOGCOLLECTION_NAMESPACE)
  .withName(otelCollectorDeployment.getMetadata().getName())
  .createOrReplace(otelCollectorDeployment);

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client
  .apps()
  .deployments()
  .inNamespace(LOGCOLLECTION_NAMESPACE)
  .withName(otelCollectorDeployment.getMetadata().getName())
  .delete();


client
  .apps()
  .deployments()
  .inNamespace(LOGCOLLECTION_NAMESPACE)
  .withName(otelCollectorDeployment.getMetadata().getName())
  .create(otelCollectorDeployment);