diff --git a/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod b/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod
index 605ef959f..583b2dc7f 100644
--- a/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod
+++ b/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ module kata-containers/csi-kata-directvolume
 
 go 1.20
 
+// WARNING: Do NOT use `replace` directives as those break dependabot:
+// https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/11020
+
 require (
 	github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.9.0
 	github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs v1.4.0
@@ -40,58 +43,5 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-replace k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver => k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/apiserver => k8s.io/apiserver v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/cloud-provider => k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap => k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/component-helpers => k8s.io/component-helpers v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/controller-manager => k8s.io/controller-manager v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/cri-api => k8s.io/cri-api v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/csi-translation-lib => k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/dynamic-resource-allocation => k8s.io/dynamic-resource-allocation v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/kms => k8s.io/kms v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/kube-aggregator => k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/kube-controller-manager => k8s.io/kube-controller-manager v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/kube-proxy => k8s.io/kube-proxy v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/kube-scheduler => k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/kubectl => k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/kubelet => k8s.io/kubelet v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers => k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/mount-utils => k8s.io/mount-utils v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/pod-security-admission => k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.28.2
-
-replace k8s.io/endpointslice => k8s.io/endpointslice v0.28.2
+// WARNING: Do NOT use `replace` directives as those break dependabot:
+// https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/11020