diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
index 5f3220c3a20..c598742cdc9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.36.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.29.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250528174236-200df99c418a // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.2 // indirect