diff --git a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
index bf7c21678c2..2f34bb27971 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
   - k8s.io/client-go
   - k8s.io/kubectl
   - k8s.io/utils
+  - k8s.io/klog
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/"
   allowedImports: