diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
index 79e7b408608..8590b477ff2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/kubectl/apply:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/drain:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/explain:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/generate:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/generated:all-srcs",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/BUILD
index 651ea7c7e18..da900262fdb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/BUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/drain:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/drain:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/pointer:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain.go
index 8612d2244dc..612022c11b1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain.go
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/drain"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain_test.go
index 35d845696d4..6366bb80356 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain/drain_test.go
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/drain"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
index d208f48ddd4..60bd720c7e6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/apps:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/rawhttp:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util:all-srcs",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/drain/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/BUILD
similarity index 92%
rename from pkg/kubectl/drain/BUILD
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/BUILD
index aea03e06dcb..685fabd49f8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/drain/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/BUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ go_library(
         "drain.go",
         "filters.go",
     ],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/drain",
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/drain/cordon.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/cordon.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/drain/cordon.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/cordon.go
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/drain/drain.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/drain/drain.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/drain/filters.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/filters.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/drain/filters.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/filters.go
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index bd86ee2a7fb..0f3633eb6c0 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ k8s.io/kube-proxy/config/v1alpha1
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1
 # k8s.io/kubectl v0.0.0 => ./staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/apps
+k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/rawhttp
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util