diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
index bb7c09f7dcc..c7d65b5c10c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum
index 5c63dc6fb2a..a3e43aee7b0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/go.sum
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbV
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 h1:a9vnzlIBPQBBkeaR9IuMUfmVOrQlkoC4YfPoFkX3T7A=
+github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:eIauM6P8qSvTw5o2ez6UEAfGjQKrxQTl5EoK+Qa2oG4=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 h1:eCs3fxoIi3Wh6vtgmLTOjdhSpiqphQ+DaPn38N2ZdrE=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6/go.mod h1:osyAmYz/mB/C3I+WsTTSgw1ONzaLJoLCyoi6/zppojs=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.1 h1:FBLnyygC4/IZZr893oiomc9XaghoveYTrLC1F86HID8=
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go
index 10af37ada12..8d6274a8c7d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/sample/basic_main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cloud-provider/options"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/cli"
 	cliflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
+	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register"          // register optional JSON log format
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/clientgo" // load all the prometheus client-go plugins
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/version"  // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"