diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9572e3ca..8635b25c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.7.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175223-77aab51479c3
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175224-7a87286591e4
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230503174314-7ecc58659e5e
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175223-77aab51479c3
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175224-7a87286591e4
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230503174314-7ecc58659e5e
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d9689c28..8fcf752f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 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=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175223-77aab51479c3 h1:VAGMARadnBVFTTRgO/VVDetZxPPjbx9unjDPqZwdw68=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175223-77aab51479c3/go.mod h1:/fu24lnfAhrloAI7EhcGTa0fXXQH5r4rUqEQMW9endY=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175224-7a87286591e4 h1:cxVILqCCBsq5MCwFs3RkBL8HDUwZ6Sh5qH0UBJSTnnw=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230503175224-7a87286591e4/go.mod h1:/fu24lnfAhrloAI7EhcGTa0fXXQH5r4rUqEQMW9endY=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230503174314-7ecc58659e5e h1:zTmKa/UVIS4WvRrYbIblypAjK81XFnlq8zxUCiBFgFE=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230503174314-7ecc58659e5e/go.mod h1:jF849JXyKVKRC0O62ZBSygt6qOSEYju8i90sKd1mx4g=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 h1:7WCHKK6K8fNhTqfBhISHQ97KrnJNFZMcQvKp7gP/tmg=
diff --git a/rest/client_test.go b/rest/client_test.go
index 6b359aa7..6ba9e738 100644
--- a/rest/client_test.go
+++ b/rest/client_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -340,8 +339,8 @@ func TestCreateBackoffManager(t *testing.T) {
 	theUrl, _ := url.Parse("http://localhost")
 
 	// 1 second base backoff + duration of 2 seconds -> exponential backoff for requests.
-	os.Setenv(envBackoffBase, "1")
-	os.Setenv(envBackoffDuration, "2")
+	t.Setenv(envBackoffBase, "1")
+	t.Setenv(envBackoffDuration, "2")
 	backoff := readExpBackoffConfig()
 	backoff.UpdateBackoff(theUrl, nil, 500)
 	backoff.UpdateBackoff(theUrl, nil, 500)
@@ -350,8 +349,8 @@ func TestCreateBackoffManager(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// 0 duration -> no backoff.
-	os.Setenv(envBackoffBase, "1")
-	os.Setenv(envBackoffDuration, "0")
+	t.Setenv(envBackoffBase, "1")
+	t.Setenv(envBackoffDuration, "0")
 	backoff.UpdateBackoff(theUrl, nil, 500)
 	backoff.UpdateBackoff(theUrl, nil, 500)
 	backoff = readExpBackoffConfig()
@@ -360,8 +359,8 @@ func TestCreateBackoffManager(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// No env -> No backoff.
-	os.Setenv(envBackoffBase, "")
-	os.Setenv(envBackoffDuration, "")
+	t.Setenv(envBackoffBase, "")
+	t.Setenv(envBackoffDuration, "")
 	backoff = readExpBackoffConfig()
 	backoff.UpdateBackoff(theUrl, nil, 500)
 	backoff.UpdateBackoff(theUrl, nil, 500)
diff --git a/rest/connection_test.go b/rest/connection_test.go
index 323c9eec..8d705b78 100644
--- a/rest/connection_test.go
+++ b/rest/connection_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -80,23 +79,15 @@ func newLB(t *testing.T, serverURL string) *tcpLB {
 	return &lb
 }
 
-func setEnv(key, value string) func() {
-	originalValue := os.Getenv(key)
-	os.Setenv(key, value)
-	return func() {
-		os.Setenv(key, originalValue)
-	}
-}
-
 const (
 	readIdleTimeout int = 1
 	pingTimeout     int = 1
 )
 
 func TestReconnectBrokenTCP(t *testing.T) {
-	defer setEnv("HTTP2_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", strconv.Itoa(readIdleTimeout))()
-	defer setEnv("HTTP2_PING_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", strconv.Itoa(pingTimeout))()
-	defer setEnv("DISABLE_HTTP2", "")()
+	t.Setenv("HTTP2_READ_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", strconv.Itoa(readIdleTimeout))
+	t.Setenv("HTTP2_PING_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", strconv.Itoa(pingTimeout))
+	t.Setenv("DISABLE_HTTP2", "")
 	ts := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello, %s", r.Proto)
 	}))
diff --git a/tools/clientcmd/loader_test.go b/tools/clientcmd/loader_test.go
index ba42e56f..aa6741b8 100644
--- a/tools/clientcmd/loader_test.go
+++ b/tools/clientcmd/loader_test.go
@@ -897,12 +897,9 @@ func TestLoadingGetLoadingPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	kubeconfig := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
-	defer os.Setenv("KUBECONFIG", kubeconfig)
-
 	for name, test := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			os.Setenv("KUBECONFIG", test.env)
+			t.Setenv("KUBECONFIG", test.env)
 			rules := test.rules
 			if rules == nil {
 				rules = NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()