diff --git a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
index b87453cc655..66c2d469f1e 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
   - k8s.io/api
   - k8s.io/apimachinery
   - k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap
+  - k8s.io/klog
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/cloud-provider/"
   allowedImports: