diff --git a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
index 05eef5ca12f..e6f511ddd56 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
   - k8s.io/client-go
   - k8s.io/component-base
   - k8s.io/klog
+  - k8s.io/kube-openapi
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/"
   allowedImports: