diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 82b161ba257..51b4790bd0c 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -65682,7 +65682,9 @@
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.Initializer"
-      }
+      },
+      "x-kubernetes-patch-merge-key": "name",
+      "x-kubernetes-patch-strategy": "merge"
      },
      "result": {
       "description": "If result is set with the Failure field, the object will be persisted to storage and then deleted, ensuring that other clients can observe the deletion.",
diff --git a/federation/apis/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/federation/apis/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 7fc8d68e2da..1169aa6b285 100644
--- a/federation/apis/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/federation/apis/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -13414,7 +13414,9 @@
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.Initializer"
-      }
+      },
+      "x-kubernetes-patch-merge-key": "name",
+      "x-kubernetes-patch-strategy": "merge"
      },
      "result": {
       "description": "If result is set with the Failure field, the object will be persisted to storage and then deleted, ensuring that other clients can observe the deletion.",
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/initialization/BUILD b/plugin/pkg/admission/initialization/BUILD
index 54529cc258b..60047ceb633 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/initialization/BUILD
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/initialization/BUILD
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ go_test(
     library = ":go_default_library",
     deps = [
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/generated.proto
index 83b9eb14bb2..c6a9edd3801 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/generated.proto
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ message Initializers {
   // When the last pending initializer is removed, and no failing result is set, the initializers
   // struct will be set to nil and the object is considered as initialized and visible to all
   // clients.
+  // +patchMergeKey=name
+  // +patchStrategy=merge
   repeated Initializer pending = 1;
 
   // If result is set with the Failure field, the object will be persisted to storage and then deleted,