diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 5e17923a..a02a4f06 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/api",
-			"Rev": "db0771252981"
+			"Rev": "e4e27c96b39a"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 97fd411a..22b3d626 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190402181905-9f3314589c9a
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20161028155119-f51c12702a4d
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.5.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190612125737-db0771252981
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190614205929-e4e27c96b39a
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190612125636-6a5db36e93ad
 	k8s.io/klog v0.3.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20190221042446-c2654d5206da
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ replace (
 	golang.org/x/sync => golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f
 	golang.org/x/sys => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190209173611-3b5209105503
 	golang.org/x/tools => golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190313210603-aa82965741a9
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190612125737-db0771252981
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190614205929-e4e27c96b39a
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190612125636-6a5db36e93ad
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 064841fc..3e6de351 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 h1:uRGJdciOHaEIrze2W8Q3AKkep
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1 h1:mUhvW9EsL+naU5Q3cakzfE91YhliOondGd6ZrsDBHQE=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190612125737-db0771252981/go.mod h1:SR4nMi8IQTDnEi4768MsMCoZ9DyfRls7wy+TbRrFicA=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190614205929-e4e27c96b39a/go.mod h1:SR4nMi8IQTDnEi4768MsMCoZ9DyfRls7wy+TbRrFicA=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190612125636-6a5db36e93ad/go.mod h1:I4A+glKBHiTgiEjQiCCQfCAIcIMFGt291SmsvcrFzJA=
 k8s.io/klog v0.3.1 h1:RVgyDHY/kFKtLqh67NvEWIgkMneNoIrdkN0CxDSQc68=
 k8s.io/klog v0.3.1/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
diff --git a/testing/fixture.go b/testing/fixture.go
index 993fcf6a..b3ace307 100644
--- a/testing/fixture.go
+++ b/testing/fixture.go
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ package testing
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 
 	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
+
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -139,6 +141,11 @@ func ObjectReaction(tracker ObjectTracker) ReactionFunc {
 				return true, nil, err
 			}
 
+			// reset the object in preparation to unmarshal, since unmarshal does not guarantee that fields
+			// in obj that are removed by patch are cleared
+			value := reflect.ValueOf(obj)
+			value.Elem().Set(reflect.New(value.Type().Elem()).Elem())
+
 			switch action.GetPatchType() {
 			case types.JSONPatchType:
 				patch, err := jsonpatch.DecodePatch(action.GetPatch())
@@ -149,6 +156,7 @@ func ObjectReaction(tracker ObjectTracker) ReactionFunc {
 				if err != nil {
 					return true, nil, err
 				}
+
 				if err = json.Unmarshal(modified, obj); err != nil {
 					return true, nil, err
 				}