diff --git a/hack/.linted_packages b/hack/.linted_packages
index 8e0357e1ee..cecfd019d3 100644
--- a/hack/.linted_packages
+++ b/hack/.linted_packages
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ cmd/kubeadm
 cmd/kubeadm
 cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install
 cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/apiconfig
+cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs
 cmd/kubectl
 cmd/kubelet
 cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen