diff --git a/hack/verify-prometheus-imports.sh b/hack/verify-prometheus-imports.sh
index ba1321e1e41..36ab12937ef 100755
--- a/hack/verify-prometheus-imports.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-prometheus-imports.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ allowed_prometheus_importers=(
   ./staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/value.go
   ./staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/wrappers.go
   ./test/e2e/apimachinery/flowcontrol.go
-  ./test/e2e_node/mirror_pod_grace_period_test.go
   ./test/e2e/node/pods.go
   ./test/e2e_node/resource_metrics_test.go
   ./test/instrumentation/main_test.go
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/mirror_pod_grace_period_test.go b/test/e2e_node/mirror_pod_grace_period_test.go
index 5ac4c57d802..7f5afa4513b 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/mirror_pod_grace_period_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/mirror_pod_grace_period_test.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gstruct"
-	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
@@ -378,6 +378,6 @@ func checkMirrorPodRunningWithUID(ctx context.Context, cl clientset.Interface, n
 }
 
 func sampleLabelID(element interface{}) string {
-	el := element.(*model.Sample)
+	el := element.(*testutil.Sample)
 	return el.Metric.String()
 }