diff --git a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
index 8bfc8e2ab3e..834160138cb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-	proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/ugorji/go/codec"