diff --git a/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go b/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
index b33d0803..72a871d4 100644
--- a/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
+++ b/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp" //nolint:depguard
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"