diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
index 6a9222838f..6341d345ec 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (o *ExposeServiceOptions) RunExpose(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) erro
 		if o.DryRun {
 			return o.PrintObj(object, o.Out)
 		}
-		if err := kubectl.CreateOrUpdateAnnotation(cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, cmdutil.ApplyAnnotationsFlag), object, cmdutil.InternalVersionJSONEncoder()); err != nil {
+		if err := kubectl.CreateOrUpdateAnnotation(cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, cmdutil.ApplyAnnotationsFlag), object, scheme.DefaultJSONEncoder()); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}