diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a8dc7ae6e4..f28b25115b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v0.0.0-20191115143342-4cf961056038 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230308215209-15aac26d736a // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-state-metrics v1.9.8 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect