diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7198d1ddac..35dd7a22ef 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.18.8
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.8
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.18.8
 	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.18.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 95611abce3..b7d4df7132 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -536,8 +536,6 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
-k8s.io/api v0.17.0 h1:H9d/lw+VkZKEVIUc8F3wgiQ+FUXTTr21M87jXLU7yqM=
-k8s.io/api v0.17.0/go.mod h1:npsyOePkeP0CPwyGfXDHxvypiYMJxBWAMpQxCaJ4ZxI=
 k8s.io/api v0.18.8 h1:aIKUzJPb96f3fKec2lxtY7acZC9gQNDLVhfSGpxBAC4=
 k8s.io/api v0.18.8/go.mod h1:d/CXqwWv+Z2XEG1LgceeDmHQwpUJhROPx16SlxJgERY=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.8 h1:jimPrycCqgx2QPearX3to1JePz7wSbVLq+7PdBTTwQ0=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 0df0991a60..0c972f3d4d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3
 # gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.2
 ## explicit
-# k8s.io/api v0.18.8
+# k8s.io/api v0.18.8 => k8s.io/api v0.18.8
 k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1
 k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1
 k8s.io/api/apps/v1
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3/value
 # sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml
+# k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.18.8
 # k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.8
 # k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.18.8
 # k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.18.8