diff --git a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
index 54af628548d..43cf98bd80d 100644
--- a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
+++ b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
         "sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4"
       ],
       "github.com/mailru/easyjson": [
+        "github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer",
         "github.com/go-openapi/swag",
         "k8s.io/kube-openapi",
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api",