diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go
index 95e7dc13f0f..cc100d43189 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validation.go
@@ -27,15 +27,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/generator"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/namer"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/parser/tags"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
-	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators"
 )
 
 func mkPkgNames(pkg string, names ...string) []types.Name {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
index 4c915da16ee..75889aa70e7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/validators.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/validators.go
index 730bd0fbdc1..8d00404d8e3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/validators.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/validators.go
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package validators
 
 import (
-	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/generator"
-	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
-
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/generator"
+	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
 )
 
 // TagValidator describes a single validation tag and how to use it.