diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/.import-restrictions b/cmd/kubeadm/.import-restrictions
index b2a0616312..1f3124a009 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/.import-restrictions
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/.import-restrictions
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@
 				"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/procfs",
 				"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/slice",
 				"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints",
-				"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version",
 				"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/ipvs",
 				"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version",
 				"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/BUILD
index dd32efe2a8..f40701b473 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/BUILD
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/normalizer:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flag:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/bootstrap/token/api:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go
index 07506c8e57..c70c29a1aa 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha3 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options"
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	utilsexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/BUILD
index 73a1684fe1..085d18eedb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/BUILD
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/node:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/normalizer:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/fake:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go
index c4d846346c..1135a52731 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha3 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3"
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	dryrunutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/dryrun"
 	etcdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/diff.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/diff.go
index 343001da2c..56686903f5 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/diff.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/diff.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha3 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 type diffFlags struct {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go
index d6979d4e00..346e83b70f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/node.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	dryrunutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/dryrun"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/plan.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/plan.go
index f14c640ae5..f814361eef 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/plan.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/plan.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha3 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	etcdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 type planFlags struct {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/BUILD
index 7fa9d69de0..556fcaf4e2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/BUILD
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/apis/config:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/apis/config/validation:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kube-proxy/config/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1:go_default_library",
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ go_test(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/config:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/apis/config:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/pointer:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config.go
index df4443cd5c..784ab52340 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	kubeproxyconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/apis/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // GetFromKubeletConfigMap returns the pointer to the ComponentConfig API object read from the kubelet-config-version
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config_test.go
index 9372e6f46e..0408f32f18 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/config_test.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 var cfgFiles = map[string][]byte{
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/registrations.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/registrations.go
index 7542d7793c..80870023a8 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/registrations.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs/registrations.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeproxyconfigv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kube-proxy/config/v1alpha1"
 	kubeletconfigv1beta1 "k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1"
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	kubeproxyconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/apis/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // AddToSchemeFunc is a function that adds known types and API GroupVersions to a scheme
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/BUILD
index 81dd79dab2..00753bb266 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/BUILD
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/bootstrap/token/api:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
     srcs = ["constants_test.go"],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
-    deps = ["//pkg/util/version:go_default_library"],
+    deps = ["//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library"],
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
index 86ac6cdecf..ca56169892 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	bootstrapapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/bootstrap/token/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // KubernetesDir is the directory kubernetes owns for storing various configuration files
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants_test.go
index 317406f0fb..1882a28410 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 func TestGetStaticPodDirectory(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/BUILD
index 801a284e66..75a5e60095 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/BUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ go_library(
     srcs = ["features.go"],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/features",
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ go_test(
     srcs = ["features_test.go"],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
index c87f24072f..7b4ba85774 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features_test.go
index 21ba8edf7a..a1b24dd23a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features_test.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 var TestMinVersion = version.MustParseSemantic("v1.11.0-alpha.1")
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/BUILD
index f7f925cbcd..b0a46adc91 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/BUILD
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ go_test(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/test:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/pointer:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
index 3303e0a070..9039abc049 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha3 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	staticpodutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod"
 	authzmodes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles will write all static pod manifest files needed to bring up the control plane.
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
index de6478756e..41e1945cd7 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs"
 	authzmodes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 
 	testutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/test"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD
index c57dbac93f..bc2f2b9f4b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/initsystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/node:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/procfs:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/exec:go_default_library",
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ go_test(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/config:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/exec:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go
index 87dea28597..d6390408e7 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	rbac "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs"
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
 	rbachelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac/v1"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // WriteConfigToDisk writes the kubelet config object down to a file
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config_test.go
index 11f29613d8..1949c472df 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config_test.go
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 func TestCreateConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic.go
index f16131b075..d8b381ff81 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // EnableDynamicConfigForNode updates the Node's ConfigSource to enable Dynamic Kubelet Configuration, depending on what version the kubelet is
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic_test.go
index 150eeda405..c9d11e0629 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/dynamic_test.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	kubeletapis "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 func TestEnableDynamicConfigForNode(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/BUILD
index ddec71126b..8007374bf9 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/BUILD
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/dryrun:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert:go_default_library",
     ],
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ go_test(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/test:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/test/certs:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/coreos/etcd/clientv3:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/transport:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go
index 326951168f..a9c7f13d34 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	versionutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns"
 	etcdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd"
-	versionutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // Upgrade defines an upgrade possibility to upgrade from a current version to a new one
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute_test.go
index cfbbdae1f4..b7b56e1e0f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute_test.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import (
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	versionutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	etcdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd"
-	versionutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 type fakeVersionGetter struct {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy.go
index 25c5d4a203..0a296ecb74 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy_test.go
index f34c7d3bea..696788d724 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/policy_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package upgrade
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 func TestEnforceVersionPolicies(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go
index 08f95268cd..1c813ac315 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/postupgrade.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	certutil "k8s.io/client-go/util/cert"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
 	dryrunutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/dryrun"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 var expiry = 180 * 24 * time.Hour
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/prepull_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/prepull_test.go
index 2789d8e644..9fd38b77c1 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/prepull_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/prepull_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-	//"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	//"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // failedCreatePrepuller is a fake prepuller that errors for kube-controller-manager in the CreateFunc call
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/selfhosted.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/selfhosted.go
index efd37af087..b92af6978c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/selfhosted.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/selfhosted.go
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ import (
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/selfhosting"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
index a2c0e1ddf3..06518d4a1d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	certsphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs"
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
 	etcdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/versiongetter.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/versiongetter.go
index d9c9d69aac..27648056da 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/versiongetter.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/versiongetter.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	versionutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
-	versionutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
index 287db1c2e7..4f2f35c387 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/initsystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/ipvs:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/blang/semver:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 3fcc4a3332..e3ff7ee0ce 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 
 	netutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	versionutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/images"
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/initsystem"
 	ipvsutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/ipvs"
-	versionutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
 	utilsexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/utils.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/utils.go
index 14bae5c6b1..3f94fd76af 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/utils.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	utilsexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD
index 4dc0c068f8..eec96666bb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/BUILD
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD
index a38912c673..266f83214b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/node:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/bootstrap/token/util:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd:go_default_library",
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ go_test(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
index 7917381e7c..0fcd9493e0 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	certutil "k8s.io/client-go/util/cert"
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // FetchConfigFromFileOrCluster fetches configuration required for upgrading your cluster from a file (which has precedence) or a ConfigMap in the cluster
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster_test.go
index 77ba145f91..22e1bdab7e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster_test.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 var k8sVersionString = "v1.12.0"
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go
index 3573f2e978..c6f7f7e521 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	netutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha3 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha3"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 // AnyConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternal reads either a InitConfiguration or JoinConfiguration and unmarshals it
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/version.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/version.go
index 15cc900e99..98109d7626 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/version.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/version.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	netutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
-	versionutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	versionutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	pkgversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/BUILD b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/BUILD
index 94f70388b2..4465e1b302 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/BUILD
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/master/ports:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/net/sets:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_healthchecks.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_healthchecks.go
index 8dc913a608..f828385168 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_healthchecks.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_healthchecks.go
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import (
 	compute "google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/cloud"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/cloud/filter"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/cloud/meta"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/master/ports"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/BUILD b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/BUILD
index 4f1e053f0a..c1c3103416 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/BUILD
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/controller:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/informers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_util.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_util.go
index b492b6f1ea..2b5d816cb9 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_util.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_util.go
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8stypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/diskmanagers"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
index 6800caf05f..12c9d2f289 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/BUILD
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ go_library(
             "//pkg/util/oom:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/util/procfs:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/util/sysctl:go_default_library",
-            "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
+            "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/docker/go-units:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index 132e2de9ab..96506163e4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/oom"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/procfs"
 	utilsysctl "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sysctl"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/BUILD
index 5ca2b2afc6..754952527a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/BUILD
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ go_library(
             "//pkg/kubelet/cm:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/dockershim/libdocker:go_default_library",
             "//pkg/kubelet/qos:go_default_library",
-            "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
+            "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
             "//vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fs:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index 17baaee11e..6c1278da32 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/fs"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	kubecm "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/libdocker"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD
index d1045f5a4a..67c0416481 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/parsers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/selinux:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/tail:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index 2818990b11..d630672afa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	ref "k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/flowcontrol"
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/cache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/iptables/BUILD b/pkg/proxy/iptables/BUILD
index 1fb1875316..84154ed565 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/iptables/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/proxy/iptables/BUILD
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/iptables:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/net:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/sysctl:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
index fb3ff200ad..86e21f22de 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy"
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ import (
 	utiliptables "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/iptables"
 	utilnet "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/net"
 	utilsysctl "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sysctl"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	utilexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/BUILD b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/BUILD
index 6b1141aadf..9b46b66bcf 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/BUILD
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/ipvs:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/net:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/sysctl:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/ipset.go b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/ipset.go
index 99bdc6d154..e25ee00985 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/ipset.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/ipset.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ package ipvs
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	utilipset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/ipset"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
diff --git a/pkg/util/BUILD b/pkg/util/BUILD
index d80a3832de..4e508d8a58 100644
--- a/pkg/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/util/BUILD
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/util/term:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/threading:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/tolerations:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/util/version:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/workqueue/prometheus:all-srcs",
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
diff --git a/pkg/util/iptables/BUILD b/pkg/util/iptables/BUILD
index 3e58721fe5..40529906a5 100644
--- a/pkg/util/iptables/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/util/iptables/BUILD
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/iptables",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/util/dbus:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/trace:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/godbus/dbus:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go b/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go
index 8c9b6722af..e81c21497b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go
+++ b/pkg/util/iptables/iptables.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import (
 	godbus "github.com/godbus/dbus"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	utiltrace "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/trace"
 	utildbus "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/dbus"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	utilexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/BUILD b/staging/src/BUILD
index 6045d02b21..e9cf566b9a 100644
--- a/staging/src/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/BUILD
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/waitgroup:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/webhook:all-srcs",
diff --git a/pkg/util/version/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/BUILD
similarity index 80%
rename from pkg/util/version/BUILD
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/BUILD
index 3b53281f77..cb2162de69 100644
--- a/pkg/util/version/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/BUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ go_library(
         "doc.go",
         "version.go",
     ],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version",
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version",
 )
 
 go_test(
diff --git a/pkg/util/version/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/doc.go
similarity index 90%
rename from pkg/util/version/doc.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/doc.go
index ebe43152e8..5b2b22b6d0 100644
--- a/pkg/util/version/doc.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/doc.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 // Package version provides utilities for version number comparisons
-package version // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+package version // import "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
diff --git a/pkg/util/version/version.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/util/version/version.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version.go
diff --git a/pkg/util/version/version_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/util/version/version_test.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version_test.go
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD b/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
index 39e5328d44..b60bef3254 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/api/v1/pod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/rbac:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/aggregator.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/aggregator.go
index c7fb6f3dfd..58a9fd9e22 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/aggregator.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/aggregator.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	unstructuredv1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ import (
 	apiregistrationv1beta1 "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1beta1"
 	aggregatorclient "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset"
 	rbacapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 	samplev1alpha1 "k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/apis/wardle/v1alpha1"
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go
index fea9287e60..fb0469487e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/client/clientset/clientset"
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/fixtures"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go
index f431bb2894..2a8b9893be 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/table_conversion.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import (
 	metav1beta1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 )
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/webhook.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/webhook.go
index 81dfd3af27..f339fd8378 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/webhook.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/webhook.go
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/BUILD b/test/e2e/common/BUILD
index 5540e395ad..779fff5ef4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/common/BUILD
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/sysctl:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/security/apparmor:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/slice:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/coordination/v1beta1:go_default_library",
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/downward_api.go b/test/e2e/common/downward_api.go
index 2f779e9a77..3776dd0bbc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/downward_api.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/downward_api.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/BUILD b/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
index 39c32e1401..ce428b297b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/file:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/system:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/taints:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2:go_default_library",
@@ -109,6 +108,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 08b2f21827..66eb872801 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	utilyaml "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ import (
 	sshutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/ssh"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/system"
 	taintutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/ginkgowrapper"
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/BUILD b/test/e2e/lifecycle/BUILD
index acaf83c045..89585641a6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/BUILD
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/pod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/master/ports:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/lifecycle/cluster_upgrade.go b/test/e2e/lifecycle/cluster_upgrade.go
index c82c7e011c..d8d4a48bf5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lifecycle/cluster_upgrade.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lifecycle/cluster_upgrade.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/chaosmonkey"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/ginkgowrapper"
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
index 18c6195948..1dcf7f0662 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/quota/v1/evaluator/core:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/scheduling/v1beta1:go_default_library",
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go
index b2aca97c1d..ed47b7af05 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/BUILD b/test/e2e/storage/BUILD
index a5ed5fc648..395a2a7ac5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/BUILD
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/slice:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/serviceaccount:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
index afda29bf10..08a92cb81e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrs "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	versionutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	versionutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/generated"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/BUILD b/test/e2e/upgrades/BUILD
index 43d27d8558..75cabe9c61 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/BUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/upgrades",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubelet/sysctl:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/common:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/BUILD b/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/BUILD
index 8d58673407..aa85076116 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/BUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/controller:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/controller/deployment/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/upgrades:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/statefulset.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/statefulset.go
index 83884e3566..ce0abe0c40 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/statefulset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/apps/statefulset.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/upgrades"
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go
index b96a6d3eb7..101d97d829 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go
index aea9e08ec6..32ad9cbba2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go
index 855e8dcabf..5070099ad2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/ingress.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import (
 
 	compute "google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
 	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
index 606032aa64..83c7f31fe1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/upgrade.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/upgrade.go
index 11eeadb0fa..420feb8ce7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/upgrade.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/upgrade.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package upgrades
 
 import (
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 )
 
diff --git a/test/test_owners.csv b/test/test_owners.csv
index 783995f7ee..fbdaa5700b 100644
--- a/test/test_owners.csv
+++ b/test/test_owners.csv
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/tail,zmerlynn,1,
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints,rrati,0,
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/term,davidopp,1,
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/threading,roberthbailey,1,
-k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version,danwinship,0,
+k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version,danwinship,0,
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume,saad-ali,0,
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/awsebs,caesarxuchao,1,
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/azure_dd,bgrant0607,1,