diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
index 8eb3a9dacb7..a23e5ee0818 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/certificate:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/event:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/fieldpath:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/qos:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/resource:go_default_library",
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/fatih/camelcase:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
index 0bd3b8f560c..27f6934ec93 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/certificate:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/event:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/fieldpath:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/logs:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
index 7868b8c4d07..bcc84c3abf8 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/util/deployment:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/hash:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1026bf06bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["sorted_event_list.go"],
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = ["//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library"],
+)
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["sorted_event_list_test.go"],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+    deps = [
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index b456628be35..44432d2157d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1636,6 +1636,7 @@ 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/util/deployment
+k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/hash
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils