diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6df7eb23ef..e02841b14e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.2
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
 )
 
 require (
@@ -282,7 +283,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect