diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod
index a45b5f2e289..8859c3eaf2c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.mod
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum
index 7f9849382b8..fc220ef1dee 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/go.sum
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.8.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0-beta h1:m5bO941uTVpSms26QjzEJxUZaC3S/h1pSJexBCu4wAA=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0-beta/go.mod h1:pxXPTn3joSm21Gbwsv0w9OSA2y1HFR9qXEeXQVeNoDQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/tools.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/tools.go
index d0e2c7764f2..4080b2c5907 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/tools.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/tools.go
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/register-gen"
+	_ "k8s.io/kube-openapi/cmd/openapi-gen"
 )