diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ccb2b0e6..9ee7fea5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.29.3
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
@@ -562,7 +563,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240105020646-a37d4de58910 // indirect
 	k8s.io/metrics v0.29.3 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57 // indirect
 	kubevirt.io/api v1.2.0 // indirect
 	kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api v1.57.0-alpha1 // indirect
 	kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/api v0.0.0-20220329064328-f3cc58c6ed90 // indirect