diff --git a/hack/import-restrictions.yaml b/hack/import-restrictions.yaml
index 3ae27381c33..f0e098a4573 100644
--- a/hack/import-restrictions.yaml
+++ b/hack/import-restrictions.yaml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
   - k8s.io/apiserver
   - k8s.io/client-go
   - k8s.io/klog
+  - k8s.io/kube-openapi
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/"
   allowedImports: