diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 888dd96..bcb3f9a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v1.9.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8555da9..acb8cb6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2 h1:YUfPefdGJA4aljDdayAXkc98DnPkIetMl4PrKX97W9o=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2/go.mod h1:4QqEwh4oQpeK8AaefZ0jwTFJw/9kIjdQi0jpKeYvz7g=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0 h1:+yBrOhzri2S1BVqyVSvcM3PtPyx5GUxCK2tinZz1G94=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0/go.mod h1:85SCX4UCa6SCFt6p3IKAPej7jSnF3L8EbfSyMZayJR0=
-k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.0 h1:wcXv7HJRksgVjM4VlXJ1CNFBpyDHruRI99RrBtrJceA=
-k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.0/go.mod h1:ahX0m/LTYmu7fL3W8zYiIwnQ/5gT28Ex4o2pymF63Co=
+k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.2 h1:7Ea4CDgHnyOGrl3ZhD8e46SdTyf1itTONnreJ2Q52UM=
+k8s.io/component-helpers v0.35.2/go.mod h1:ybIoc8i92FG7xJFrBcEMzB8ul1wlZgfF0I4Z9w0V6VQ=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20251125145642-4e65d59e963e h1:iW9ChlU0cU16w8MpVYjXk12dqQ4BPFBEgif+ap7/hqQ=
diff --git a/pkg/model/pod.go b/pkg/model/pod.go
index 449edb5..39afd07 100644
--- a/pkg/model/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/model/pod.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	helperResource "k8s.io/component-helpers/resource"
 )
 
 // Pod is our pod model used for internal storage and display
@@ -85,24 +86,10 @@ func (p *Pod) Phase() v1.PodPhase {
 func (p *Pod) Requested() v1.ResourceList {
 	p.mu.RLock()
 	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
-	requested := v1.ResourceList{}
-	for _, c := range p.pod.Spec.InitContainers {
-		if c.RestartPolicy == nil || *c.RestartPolicy != v1.ContainerRestartPolicyAlways {
-			continue
-		}
-		for rn, q := range c.Resources.Requests {
-			existing := requested[rn]
-			existing.Add(q)
-			requested[rn] = existing
-		}
-	}
-	for _, c := range p.pod.Spec.Containers {
-		for rn, q := range c.Resources.Requests {
-			existing := requested[rn]
-			existing.Add(q)
-			requested[rn] = existing
-		}
-	}
+	requested := helperResource.PodRequests(&p.pod, helperResource.PodResourcesOptions{
+		SkipPodLevelResources:       false,
+		SkipContainerLevelResources: false,
+	})
 	requested[v1.ResourcePods] = resource.MustParse("1")
 	return requested
 }
diff --git a/pkg/model/pod_test.go b/pkg/model/pod_test.go
index fb13f4b..43cd0c6 100644
--- a/pkg/model/pod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/model/pod_test.go
@@ -74,6 +74,46 @@ func testPod(namespace, name string) *v1.Pod {
 	}
 	return p
 }
+
+func testPodWithPodLevelResources(namespace, name string) *v1.Pod {
+	restartAlways := v1.ContainerRestartPolicyAlways
+	p := &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Name:      name,
+		},
+		Status: v1.PodStatus{
+			Phase: v1.PodPending,
+		},
+		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+			Resources: &v1.ResourceRequirements{
+				Requests: v1.ResourceList{
+					v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("10"),
+					v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("12Gi"),
+				},
+			},
+			InitContainers: []v1.Container{
+				{
+					Image: "normalinit",
+					Name:  "container",
+				},
+				{
+					Image:         "sidecar",
+					Name:          "container",
+					RestartPolicy: &restartAlways,
+				},
+			},
+			Containers: []v1.Container{
+				{
+					Image: "test-image",
+					Name:  "container",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
 func TestNewPod(t *testing.T) {
 	pod := testPod("default", "mypod")
 	pod.Spec.NodeName = "mynode"
@@ -100,6 +140,15 @@ func TestNewPod(t *testing.T) {
 	if exp, got := resource.MustParse("2Gi"), p.Requested()[v1.ResourceMemory]; exp.Cmp(got) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("expected Memory = %s, got %s", exp.String(), got.String())
 	}
+
+	podWithPodLevelResources := testPodWithPodLevelResources("default", "mypod")
+	pWithPodLevelResources := model.NewPod(podWithPodLevelResources)
+	if exp, got := resource.MustParse("10"), pWithPodLevelResources.Requested()[v1.ResourceCPU]; exp.Cmp(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected CPU = %s, got %s", exp.String(), got.String())
+	}
+	if exp, got := resource.MustParse("12Gi"), pWithPodLevelResources.Requested()[v1.ResourceMemory]; exp.Cmp(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected Memory = %s, got %s", exp.String(), got.String())
+	}
 }
 
 func TestPodUpdate(t *testing.T) {