diff --git a/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler.go b/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler.go
index bacf187bc2..433ddec1d1 100644
--- a/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler.go
+++ b/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package store
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	k8sautoscaling "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
+	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func wrapVPAFunc(f func(*autoscaling.VerticalPodAutoscaler) *metric.Family) func
 		// * to alert about VPA objects without target refs
 		// * to count the right amount of VPA objects in a cluster
 		if targetRef == nil {
-			targetRef = &k8sautoscaling.CrossVersionObjectReference{}
+			targetRef = &autoscalingv1.CrossVersionObjectReference{}
 		}
 
 		for _, m := range metricFamily.Metrics {
diff --git a/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler_test.go b/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler_test.go
index 9e0ace49f2..82aa7eb5ae 100644
--- a/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/verticalpodautoscaler_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package store
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	k8sautoscaling "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
+	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestVPAStore(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: autoscaling.VerticalPodAutoscalerSpec{
-					TargetRef: &k8sautoscaling.CrossVersionObjectReference{
+					TargetRef: &autoscalingv1.CrossVersionObjectReference{
 						APIVersion: "apps/v1",
 						Kind:       "Deployment",
 						Name:       "deployment1",