diff --git a/k8s/netpol-allow-testcurl-for-testweb.yaml b/k8s/netpol-allow-testcurl-for-testweb.yaml
index c0a73f13..0ce8242d 100644
--- a/k8s/netpol-allow-testcurl-for-testweb.yaml
+++ b/k8s/netpol-allow-testcurl-for-testweb.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   podSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      run: testweb
+      app: testweb
   ingress:
   - from:
     - podSelector:
diff --git a/k8s/netpol-deny-all-for-testweb.yaml b/k8s/netpol-deny-all-for-testweb.yaml
index e975991c..1d6b7156 100644
--- a/k8s/netpol-deny-all-for-testweb.yaml
+++ b/k8s/netpol-deny-all-for-testweb.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   podSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      run: testweb
+      app: testweb
   ingress: []
 
diff --git a/k8s/netpol-dockercoins.yaml b/k8s/netpol-dockercoins.yaml
index 79a78f97..1238e14f 100644
--- a/k8s/netpol-dockercoins.yaml
+++ b/k8s/netpol-dockercoins.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   podSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      run: webui
+      app: webui
   ingress:
   - from: []
 
diff --git a/k8s/socat.yaml b/k8s/socat.yaml
index 5d4b2ca5..fd1d0222 100644
--- a/k8s/socat.yaml
+++ b/k8s/socat.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   generation: 1
   labels:
-    run: socat
+    app: socat
   name: socat
   namespace: kube-system
   selfLink: /apis/extensions/v1beta1/namespaces/kube-system/deployments/socat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
-      run: socat
+      app: socat
   strategy:
     rollingUpdate:
       maxSurge: 1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       creationTimestamp: null
       labels:
-        run: socat
+        app: socat
     spec:
       containers:
       - args:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
-    run: socat
+    app: socat
   name: socat
   namespace: kube-system
   selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/socat
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ spec:
     protocol: TCP
     targetPort: 80
   selector:
-    run: socat
+    app: socat
   sessionAffinity: None
   type: NodePort
 status:
diff --git a/slides/k8s/authn-authz.md b/slides/k8s/authn-authz.md
index 8e884fbc..def0212f 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/authn-authz.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/authn-authz.md
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ It's important to note a couple of details in these flags ...
 
 - But that we can't create things:
   ```
-  ./kubectl run tryme --image=nginx
+  ./kubectl create deployment --image=nginx
   ```
 
 - Exit the container with `exit` or `^D`
diff --git a/slides/k8s/daemonset.md b/slides/k8s/daemonset.md
index cf86bc36..f3bfc54f 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/daemonset.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/daemonset.md
@@ -256,19 +256,19 @@ The master node has [taints](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/t
 
 - Let's check the logs of all these `rng` pods
 
-- All these pods have a `run=rng` label:
+- All these pods have the label `app=rng`:
 
-  - the first pod, because that's what `kubectl run` does
+  - the first pod, because that's what `kubectl create deployment` does
   - the other ones (in the daemon set), because we
     *copied the spec from the first one*
 
-- Therefore, we can query everybody's logs using that `run=rng` selector
+- Therefore, we can query everybody's logs using that `app=rng` selector
 
 .exercise[
 
-- Check the logs of all the pods having a label `run=rng`:
+- Check the logs of all the pods having a label `app=rng`:
   ```bash
-  kubectl logs -l run=rng --tail 1
+  kubectl logs -l app=rng --tail 1
   ```
 
 ]
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ It appears that *all the pods* are serving requests at the moment.
 
 - The `rng` *service* is load balancing requests to a set of pods
 
-- This set of pods is defined as "pods having the label `run=rng`"
+- This set of pods is defined as "pods having the label `app=rng`"
 
 .exercise[
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ to the associated load balancer.
 
 --
 
-- What would happen if we removed the `run=rng` label from that pod?
+- What would happen if we removed the `app=rng` label from that pod?
 
 --
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ to the associated load balancer.
 
 --
 
-- But but but ... Don't we have more than one pod with `run=rng` now?
+- But but but ... Don't we have more than one pod with `app=rng` now?
 
 --
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ to the associated load balancer.
   <br/>(The second command doesn't require you to get the exact name of the replica set)
   ```bash
   kubectl describe rs rng-yyyyyyyy
-  kubectl describe rs -l run=rng
+  kubectl describe rs -l app=rng
   ```
 
 ]
@@ -433,11 +433,11 @@ Of course, option 2 offers more learning opportunities. Right?
 
 <!--
 ```wait Please edit the object below```
-```keys /run: rng```
+```keys /app: rng```
 ```keys ^J```
 ```keys noisactive: "yes"```
 ```keys ^[``` ]
-```keys /run: rng```
+```keys /app: rng```
 ```keys ^J```
 ```keys oisactive: "yes"```
 ```keys ^[``` ]
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ Of course, option 2 offers more learning opportunities. Right?
 
 <!--
 ```wait Please edit the object below```
-```keys /run: rng```
+```keys /app: rng```
 ```keys ^J```
 ```keys noisactive: "yes"```
 ```keys ^[``` ]
@@ -468,9 +468,9 @@ Of course, option 2 offers more learning opportunities. Right?
 
 .exercise[
 
-- Check the most recent log line of all `run=rng` pods to confirm that exactly one per node is now active:
+- Check the most recent log line of all `app=rng` pods to confirm that exactly one per node is now active:
   ```bash
-  kubectl logs -l run=rng --tail 1
+  kubectl logs -l app=rng --tail 1
   ```
 
 ]
@@ -496,14 +496,14 @@ The timestamps should give us a hint about how many pods are currently receiving
 
 .exercise[
 
-- List the pods with `run=rng` but without `isactive=yes`:
+- List the pods with `app=rng` but without `isactive=yes`:
   ```bash
-  kubectl get pods -l run=rng,isactive!=yes
+  kubectl get pods -l app=rng,isactive!=yes
   ```
 
 - Remove these pods:
   ```bash
-  kubectl delete pods -l run=rng,isactive!=yes
+  kubectl delete pods -l app=rng,isactive!=yes
   ```
 
 ]
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ Ding, dong, the deployment is dead! And the daemon set lives on.
       labels:
         isactive: "yes"
     '
-    kubectl get pods -l run=rng -l controller-revision-hash -o name |
+    kubectl get pods -l app=rng -l controller-revision-hash -o name |
       xargs kubectl patch -p "$PATCH" 
   ```
 
diff --git a/slides/k8s/ingress.md b/slides/k8s/ingress.md
index a1882816..2d49e559 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/ingress.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/ingress.md
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ This is normal: we haven't provided any ingress rule yet.
 
 - Run all three deployments:
   ```bash
-  kubectl run cheddar --image=errm/cheese:cheddar
-  kubectl run stilton --image=errm/cheese:stilton
-  kubectl run wensleydale --image=errm/cheese:wensleydale
+  kubectl create deployment cheddar --image=errm/cheese:cheddar
+  kubectl create deployment stilton --image=errm/cheese:stilton
+  kubectl create deployment wensleydale --image=errm/cheese:wensleydale
   ```
 
 - Create a service for each of them:
diff --git a/slides/k8s/kubectlexpose.md b/slides/k8s/kubectlexpose.md
index 3c1737de..124ef922 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/kubectlexpose.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/kubectlexpose.md
@@ -57,31 +57,49 @@ Under the hood: `kube-proxy` is using a userland proxy and a bunch of `iptables`
 
 - Since `ping` doesn't have anything to connect to, we'll have to run something else
 
+- We could use the `nginx` official image, but ...
+
+  ... we wouldn't be able to tell the backends from each other!
+
+- We are going to use `jpetazzo/httpenv`, a tiny HTTP server written in Go
+
+- `jpetazzo/httpenv` listens on port 8888
+
+- It serves its environment variables in JSON format
+
+- The environment variables will include `HOSTNAME`, which will be the pod name
+
+  (and therefore, will be different on each backend)
+
+---
+
+## Creating a deployment for our HTTP server
+
+- We *could* do `kubectl run httpenv --image=jpetazzo/httpenv` ...
+
+- But since `kubectl run` is being deprecated, let's see how to use `kubectl create` instead
+
 .exercise[
 
-- Start a bunch of HTTP servers:
-  ```bash
-  kubectl run httpenv --image=jpetazzo/httpenv --replicas=10
-  ```
-
-- Watch them being started:
+- In another window, watch the pods (to see when they will be created):
   ```bash
   kubectl get pods -w
   ```
 
-<!--
-```wait httpenv-```
-```keys ^C```
--->
+<!-- ```keys ^C``` -->
+
+- Create a deployment for this very lightweight HTTP server:
+  ```bash
+  kubectl create deployment httpenv --image=jpetazzo/httpenv
+  ```
+
+- Scale it to 10 replicas:
+  ```bash
+  kubectl scale deployment httpenv --replicas=10
+  ```
 
 ]
 
-The `jpetazzo/httpenv` image runs an HTTP server on port 8888.
-<br/>
-It serves its environment variables in JSON format.
-
-The `-w` option "watches" events happening on the specified resources.
-
 ---
 
 ## Exposing our deployment
@@ -92,12 +110,12 @@ The `-w` option "watches" events happening on the specified resources.
 
 - Expose the HTTP port of our server:
   ```bash
-  kubectl expose deploy/httpenv --port 8888
+  kubectl expose deployment httpenv --port 8888
   ```
 
 - Look up which IP address was allocated:
   ```bash
-  kubectl get svc
+  kubectl get service
   ```
 
 ]
@@ -237,7 +255,7 @@ class: extra-details
 
 - These IP addresses should match the addresses of the corresponding pods:
   ```bash
-  kubectl get pods -l run=httpenv -o wide
+  kubectl get pods -l app=httpenv -o wide
   ```
 
 ---
diff --git a/slides/k8s/kubectlrun.md b/slides/k8s/kubectlrun.md
index ee142a76..eb5d711f 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/kubectlrun.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/kubectlrun.md
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ pod/pingpong-7c8bbcd9bc-6c9qz   1/1       Running   0          10m
   kubectl scale deploy/pingpong --replicas 8
   ```
 
+- Note that this command does exactly the same thing:
+  ```bash
+  kubectl scale deployment pingpong --replicas 8
+  ```
+
 ]
 
 Note: what if we tried to scale `replicaset.apps/pingpong-xxxxxxxxxx`?
diff --git a/slides/k8s/logs-cli.md b/slides/k8s/logs-cli.md
index 3d540304..e4a4f179 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/logs-cli.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/logs-cli.md
@@ -130,11 +130,13 @@ Exactly what we need!
 
 - We can use that property to view the logs of all the pods created with `kubectl run`
 
+- Similarly, everything created with `kubectl create deployment` has a label `app`
+
 .exercise[
 
-- View the logs for all the things started with `kubectl run`:
+- View the logs for all the things started with `kubectl create deployment`:
   ```bash
-  stern -l run
+  stern -l app
   ```
 
 <!--
diff --git a/slides/k8s/netpol.md b/slides/k8s/netpol.md
index 2bae8155..6001cfeb 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/netpol.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/netpol.md
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ This is our game plan:
 
 - Let's use the `nginx` image:
   ```bash
-  kubectl run testweb --image=nginx
+  kubectl create deployment testweb --image=nginx
   ```
 
 - Find out the IP address of the pod with one of these two commands:
   ```bash
-  kubectl get pods -o wide -l run=testweb
-  IP=$(kubectl get pods -l run=testweb -o json | jq -r .items[0].status.podIP)
+  kubectl get pods -o wide -l app=testweb
+  IP=$(kubectl get pods -l app=testweb -o json | jq -r .items[0].status.podIP)
   ```
 
 - Check that we can connect to the server:
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The `curl` command should show us the "Welcome to nginx!" page.
 
 ## Adding a very restrictive network policy
 
-- The policy will select pods with the label `run=testweb`
+- The policy will select pods with the label `app=testweb`
 
 - It will specify an empty list of ingress rules (matching nothing)
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   podSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      run: testweb
+      app: testweb
   ingress: []
 ```
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   podSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      run: testweb
+      app: testweb
   ingress:
   - from:
     - podSelector:
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ spec:
 
 ## Allowing traffic to `webui` pods
 
-This policy selects all pods with label `run=webui`.
+This policy selects all pods with label `app=webui`.
 
 It allows traffic from any source.
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   podSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      run: webui
+      app: webui
   ingress:
   - from: []
 ```
diff --git a/slides/k8s/ourapponkube.md b/slides/k8s/ourapponkube.md
index b7ae5cc1..d30e60a7 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/ourapponkube.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/ourapponkube.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ In this part, we will:
 
 - Create the registry service:
   ```bash
-  kubectl run registry --image=registry
+  kubectl create deployment registry --image=registry
   ```
 
 - Expose it on a NodePort:
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ class: extra-details
 
 - Deploy `redis`:
   ```bash
-  kubectl run redis --image=redis
+  kubectl create deployment redis --image=redis
   ```
 
 - Deploy everything else:
   ```bash
     for SERVICE in hasher rng webui worker; do
-      kubectl run $SERVICE --image=$REGISTRY/$SERVICE:$TAG
+      kubectl create deployment $SERVICE --image=$REGISTRY/$SERVICE:$TAG
     done
   ```
 
diff --git a/slides/k8s/owners-and-dependents.md b/slides/k8s/owners-and-dependents.md
index 78e6f745..bce4d2f9 100644
--- a/slides/k8s/owners-and-dependents.md
+++ b/slides/k8s/owners-and-dependents.md
@@ -22,14 +22,19 @@
 
 .exercise[
 
-- Let's start a replicated `nginx` deployment:
+- Let's create a deployment running `nginx`:
   ```bash
-  kubectl run yanginx --image=nginx --replicas=3
+  kubectl create deployment yanginx --image=nginx
+  ```
+
+- Scale it to a few replicas:
+  ```bash
+  kubectl scale deployment yanginx --replicas=3
   ```
 
 - Once it's up, check the corresponding pods:
   ```bash
-  kubectl get pods -l run=yanginx -o yaml | head -n 25
+  kubectl get pods -l app=yanginx -o yaml | head -n 25
   ```
 
 ]
@@ -99,12 +104,12 @@ so the lines should not be indented (otherwise the indentation will insert space
 
 - Delete the Deployment:
   ```bash
-  kubectl delete deployment -l run=yanginx --cascade=false
+  kubectl delete deployment -l app=yanginx --cascade=false
   ```
 
 - Delete the Replica Set:
   ```bash
-  kubectl delete replicaset -l run=yanginx --cascade=false
+  kubectl delete replicaset -l app=yanginx --cascade=false
   ```
 
 - Check that the pods are still here:
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ class: extra-details
 
 - If we change the labels on a dependent, so that it's not selected anymore
 
-  (e.g. change the `run: yanginx` in the pods of the previous example)
+  (e.g. change the `app: yanginx` in the pods of the previous example)
 
 - If a deployment tool that we're using does these things for us
 
@@ -174,4 +179,4 @@ class: extra-details
 
 ]
 
-As always, the [documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/garbage-collection/) has useful extra information and pointers.
\ No newline at end of file
+As always, the [documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/garbage-collection/) has useful extra information and pointers.