diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/copy.py b/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
index 0b7b58a0..3a335f6b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 import tarfile
 
 # from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import AnsibleModule
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.exceptions import (
+    CoreException,
+)
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 try:
@@ -376,12 +379,17 @@ class K8SCopyToPod(K8SCopy):
         )
 
 
-def check_pod(k8s_ansible_mixin, module):
-    resource = k8s_ansible_mixin.find_resource("Pod", None, True)
+def check_pod(svc):
+    module = svc.module
     namespace = module.params.get("namespace")
     name = module.params.get("pod")
     container = module.params.get("container")
 
+    try:
+        resource = svc.find_resource("Pod", None, True)
+    except CoreException as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e))
+
     def _fail(exc):
         arg = {}
         if hasattr(exc, "body"):
@@ -398,7 +406,7 @@ def check_pod(k8s_ansible_mixin, module):
         module.fail_json(msg=msg, **arg)
 
     try:
-        result = resource.get(name=name, namespace=namespace)
+        result = svc.client.get(resource, name=name, namespace=namespace)
         containers = [
             c["name"] for c in result.to_dict()["status"]["containerStatuses"]
         ]
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/core.py b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/core.py
index 2cff9563..0deca7eb 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/core.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/core.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class AnsibleK8SModule:
 
     default_settings = {
         "check_k8s": True,
+        "check_pyyaml": True,
         "module_class": AnsibleModule,
     }
 
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ class AnsibleK8SModule:
             self.requires("kubernetes")
             self.has_at_least("kubernetes", "12.0.0", warn=True)
 
+        if self.settings["check_pyyaml"]:
+            self.requires("pyyaml")
+
     @property
     def check_mode(self):
         return self._module.check_mode
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
index 11111a1d..c14b918d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ import copy
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import (
     AnsibleModule,
 )
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.client import (
+    get_api_client,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.core import (
+    AnsibleK8SModule,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.service import (
+    K8sService,
+)
+
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.args_common import (
     AUTH_ARG_SPEC,
 )
@@ -171,23 +181,9 @@ def argspec():
 
 
 def execute_module(module):
-
-    from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.common import (
-        K8sAnsibleMixin,
-        get_api_client,
-    )
-
-    k8s_ansible_mixin = K8sAnsibleMixin(module, pyyaml_required=False)
-    k8s_ansible_mixin.check_library_version()
-
-    k8s_ansible_mixin.module = module
-    k8s_ansible_mixin.argspec = module.argument_spec
-    k8s_ansible_mixin.params = k8s_ansible_mixin.module.params
-    k8s_ansible_mixin.fail_json = k8s_ansible_mixin.module.fail_json
-    k8s_ansible_mixin.fail = k8s_ansible_mixin.module.fail_json
-
-    k8s_ansible_mixin.client = get_api_client(module=module)
-    containers = check_pod(k8s_ansible_mixin, module)
+    client = get_api_client(module=module)
+    svc = K8sService(client, module)
+    containers = check_pod(svc)
     if len(containers) > 1 and module.params.get("container") is None:
         module.fail_json(
             msg="Pod contains more than 1 container, option 'container' should be set"
@@ -195,9 +191,9 @@ def execute_module(module):
 
     state = module.params.get("state")
     if state == "to_pod":
-        k8s_copy = K8SCopyToPod(module, k8s_ansible_mixin.client)
+        k8s_copy = K8SCopyToPod(module, client)
     else:
-        k8s_copy = K8SCopyFromPod(module, k8s_ansible_mixin.client)
+        k8s_copy = K8SCopyFromPod(module, client)
 
     try:
         k8s_copy.run()
@@ -206,8 +202,10 @@ def execute_module(module):
 
 
 def main():
-    module = AnsibleModule(
+    module = AnsibleK8SModule(
+        module_class=AnsibleModule,
         argument_spec=argspec(),
+        check_pyyaml=False,
         mutually_exclusive=[("local_path", "content")],
         required_if=[("state", "from_pod", ["local_path"])],
         required_one_of=[["local_path", "content"]],