diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f6826b94..fe54d37c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231214051658-d7980a488dca
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231218211704-fa9b0f032aab
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231214011457-e2f405af78de
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231113174909-778a5567bc1e
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231214051658-d7980a488dca
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231218211704-fa9b0f032aab
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231214011457-e2f405af78de
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fbd7d3ea..c01b8cbb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231214051658-d7980a488dca h1:Urrc4jYo/WprZDMqVX0HkKvq8zuZ9LgIogF5A+T2VjQ=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231214051658-d7980a488dca/go.mod h1:3qapnEMm0F6dC2quMZEkgRdY1XZO9qCO3VJfYdAZMhg=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231218211704-fa9b0f032aab h1:pLXSv38simFZcg/4cgOv9APOSfGPb8nosA11RQNgzBE=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231218211704-fa9b0f032aab/go.mod h1:3qapnEMm0F6dC2quMZEkgRdY1XZO9qCO3VJfYdAZMhg=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231214011457-e2f405af78de h1:gOF2Xlsae9C8Cp7Te7Pxw2D0i4m8ddqrsX8lAvfsOrE=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231214011457-e2f405af78de/go.mod h1:djf1C8dGXS7Htg00o2kMGnUD7h6rmK/5k36U8AzZRSw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1 h1:U/Af64HJf7FcwMcXyKm2RPM22WZzyR7OSpYj5tg3cL0=
diff --git a/util/flowcontrol/backoff.go b/util/flowcontrol/backoff.go
index 3ef88dbd..82e4c4c4 100644
--- a/util/flowcontrol/backoff.go
+++ b/util/flowcontrol/backoff.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 	testingclock "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/integer"
 )
 
 type backoffEntry struct {
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ func (p *Backoff) Next(id string, eventTime time.Time) {
 	} else {
 		delay := entry.backoff * 2       // exponential
 		delay += p.jitter(entry.backoff) // add some jitter to the delay
-		entry.backoff = time.Duration(integer.Int64Min(int64(delay), int64(p.maxDuration)))
+		entry.backoff = min(delay, p.maxDuration)
 	}
 	entry.lastUpdate = p.Clock.Now()
 }