diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 46687851..e6a83143 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210220033141-f8bda1e9f3ba
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210705094346-9f69feafab6a
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210707054401-2c49f10e0b15
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210701054147-830375057167
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210521133846-da695404a2bc
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210705094346-9f69feafab6a
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210707054401-2c49f10e0b15
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210701054147-830375057167
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 08b0dc30..4539c043 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 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=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210705094346-9f69feafab6a h1:IF+SZibisSFDDUi+Gll4HgpnMjzP2lp6YlymxNtbtdw=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210705094346-9f69feafab6a/go.mod h1:zoURDvOPW5UMFZr2YUU/sStjYnWSPt+x+MM4R94ATgQ=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210707054401-2c49f10e0b15 h1:KDL/0Eab3o5BswoTN53Hp0H1QFN8RGD/x2ItzJN9l4g=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210707054401-2c49f10e0b15/go.mod h1:zoURDvOPW5UMFZr2YUU/sStjYnWSPt+x+MM4R94ATgQ=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210701054147-830375057167 h1:fob/j8+uMBIVvyo+9bG7GvjFSj0LX3RNuSXW+RcUrwo=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210701054147-830375057167/go.mod h1:O3oNtNadZdeOMxHFVxOreoznohCpy0z6mocxbZr7oJ0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure/azure.go b/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure/azure.go
index f4eeb858..ad60243d 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure/azure.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure/azure.go
@@ -84,7 +84,16 @@ func (c *azureTokenCache) setToken(tokenKey string, token *azureToken) {
 	c.cache[tokenKey] = token
 }
 
+var warnOnce sync.Once
+
 func newAzureAuthProvider(_ string, cfg map[string]string, persister restclient.AuthProviderConfigPersister) (restclient.AuthProvider, error) {
+	// deprecated in v1.22, remove in v1.25
+	// this should be updated to use klog.Warningf in v1.24 to more actively warn consumers
+	warnOnce.Do(func() {
+		klog.V(1).Infof(`WARNING: the azure auth plugin is deprecated in v1.22+, unavailable in v1.25+; use https://github.com/Azure/kubelogin instead.
+To learn more, consult https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins`)
+	})
+
 	var (
 		ts          tokenSource
 		environment azure.Environment
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp/gcp.go b/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp/gcp.go
index ee1bfdef..7ec872e8 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp/gcp.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp/gcp.go
@@ -113,7 +113,16 @@ type gcpAuthProvider struct {
 	persister   restclient.AuthProviderConfigPersister
 }
 
+var warnOnce sync.Once
+
 func newGCPAuthProvider(_ string, gcpConfig map[string]string, persister restclient.AuthProviderConfigPersister) (restclient.AuthProvider, error) {
+	// deprecated in v1.22, remove in v1.25
+	// this should be updated to use klog.Warningf in v1.24 to more actively warn consumers
+	warnOnce.Do(func() {
+		klog.V(1).Infof(`WARNING: the gcp auth plugin is deprecated in v1.22+, unavailable in v1.25+; use gcloud instead.
+To learn more, consult https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins`)
+	})
+
 	ts, err := tokenSource(isCmdTokenSource(gcpConfig), gcpConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err