diff --git a/dynamic/fake/simple_test.go b/dynamic/fake/simple_test.go
index e74b6ff0..7e487616 100644
--- a/dynamic/fake/simple_test.go
+++ b/dynamic/fake/simple_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(get, expected) {
-		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(expected, get))
+		t.Fatal(cmp.Diff(expected, get))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ func TestListDecoding(t *testing.T) {
 		Items: []unstructured.Unstructured{},
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(list, expectedList) {
-		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(expectedList, list))
+		t.Fatal(cmp.Diff(expectedList, list))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ func TestGetDecoding(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(get, expectedObj) {
-		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(expectedObj, get))
+		t.Fatal(cmp.Diff(expectedObj, get))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ func TestList(t *testing.T) {
 		*newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(listFirst.Items, expected) {
-		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(expected, listFirst.Items))
+		t.Fatal(cmp.Diff(expected, listFirst.Items))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ func Test_ListKind(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(listFirst, expectedList) {
-		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(expectedList, listFirst))
+		t.Fatal(cmp.Diff(expectedList, listFirst))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +241,7 @@ func (tc *patchTestCase) verifyResult(result *unstructured.Unstructured) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(result, tc.expectedPatchedObject) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected diff in received object: %s", diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(tc.expectedPatchedObject, result))
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected diff in received object: %s", cmp.Diff(tc.expectedPatchedObject, result))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/metadata/fake/simple_test.go b/metadata/fake/simple_test.go
index 219be4e7..a8369f9f 100644
--- a/metadata/fake/simple_test.go
+++ b/metadata/fake/simple_test.go
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestList(t *testing.T) {
 		*newPartialObjectMetadata("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(listFirst.Items, expected) {
-		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(expected, listFirst.Items))
+		t.Fatal(cmp.Diff(expected, listFirst.Items))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (tc *patchTestCase) verifyResult(result *metav1.PartialObjectMetadata) erro
 		return nil
 	}
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(result, tc.expectedPatchedObject) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected diff in received object: %s", diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(tc.expectedPatchedObject, result))
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected diff in received object: %s", cmp.Diff(tc.expectedPatchedObject, result))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/tools/record/events_cache_test.go b/tools/record/events_cache_test.go
index 2ede3550..7c9c9316 100644
--- a/tools/record/events_cache_test.go
+++ b/tools/record/events_cache_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	testclocks "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
 )
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func validateEvent(messagePrefix string, actualEvent *v1.Event, expectedEvent *v
 	}
 	recvEvent.Name = expectedEvent.Name
 	if e, a := expectedEvent, &recvEvent; !reflect.DeepEqual(e, a) {
-		t.Errorf("%v - diff: %s", messagePrefix, diff.ObjectGoPrintDiff(e, a))
+		t.Errorf("%v - diff: %s", messagePrefix, cmp.Diff(e, a))
 	}
 	recvEvent.FirstTimestamp = actualFirstTimestamp
 	recvEvent.LastTimestamp = actualLastTimestamp