diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
index d10d654df9b..16b6dc9dc4e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register" // for JSON log format registration
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient"
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/version" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubelet/app"
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 3e1fd126d02..9458f261a34 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1871,6 +1871,7 @@ k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing
 k8s.io/component-base/logs
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/datapol
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/json
+k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/logreduction
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization
 k8s.io/component-base/metrics