diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 5c016841..40077cf6 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
-			"Rev": "598f8782ef6f"
+			"Rev": "c43a9f02c641"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/gengo",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0df059bd..44ce433e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20191202225959-858c2ad4c8b6
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200828051551-f7be94ed4426
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200828051414-598f8782ef6f
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200828171410-c43a9f02c641
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ require (
 
 replace (
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200828051551-f7be94ed4426
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200828051414-598f8782ef6f
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200828171410-c43a9f02c641
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a98e3e2b..b3d58f95 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ 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=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200828051551-f7be94ed4426/go.mod h1:Eof5ZBY8Afte3+74dUzF8SySMRjc2uj3osb9bq8B3HI=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200828051414-598f8782ef6f/go.mod h1:DnPGDnARWFvYa3pMHgSxtbZb7gpzzAZ1pTfaUNDVlmA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200828171410-c43a9f02c641/go.mod h1:DnPGDnARWFvYa3pMHgSxtbZb7gpzzAZ1pTfaUNDVlmA=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0 h1:XRvcwJozkgZ1UQJmfMGpvRthQHOvihEhYtDfAaxMz/A=
diff --git a/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/configmaplock.go b/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/configmaplock.go
index 6390b4ef..13e45877 100644
--- a/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/configmaplock.go
+++ b/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/configmaplock.go
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ func (cml *ConfigMapLock) Get(ctx context.Context) (*LeaderElectionRecord, []byt
 	if cml.cm.Annotations == nil {
 		cml.cm.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
 	}
-	recordBytes, found := cml.cm.Annotations[LeaderElectionRecordAnnotationKey]
+	recordStr, found := cml.cm.Annotations[LeaderElectionRecordAnnotationKey]
+	recordBytes := []byte(recordStr)
 	if found {
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(recordBytes), &record); err != nil {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(recordBytes, &record); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	return &record, []byte(recordBytes), nil
+	return &record, recordBytes, nil
 }
 
 // Create attempts to create a LeaderElectionRecord annotation
diff --git a/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/endpointslock.go b/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/endpointslock.go
index 132c5a54..55a2ac47 100644
--- a/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/endpointslock.go
+++ b/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/endpointslock.go
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ func (el *EndpointsLock) Get(ctx context.Context) (*LeaderElectionRecord, []byte
 	if el.e.Annotations == nil {
 		el.e.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
 	}
-	recordBytes, found := el.e.Annotations[LeaderElectionRecordAnnotationKey]
+	recordStr, found := el.e.Annotations[LeaderElectionRecordAnnotationKey]
+	recordBytes := []byte(recordStr)
 	if found {
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(recordBytes), &record); err != nil {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(recordBytes, &record); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	return &record, []byte(recordBytes), nil
+	return &record, recordBytes, nil
 }
 
 // Create attempts to create a LeaderElectionRecord annotation