diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go
index 04057149319..ec5be90b825 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 )
 
 // For any test of the style:
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go
index dbd3dfbda39..24d1f734025 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait_test.go
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
+	testingclock "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
 )
 
 func TestUntil(t *testing.T) {
@@ -713,7 +714,7 @@ func TestContextForChannel(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExponentialBackoffManagerGetNextBackoff(t *testing.T) {
-	fc := clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
+	fc := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 	backoff := NewExponentialBackoffManager(1, 10, 10, 2.0, 0.0, fc)
 	durations := []time.Duration{1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 10, 10}
 	for i := 0; i < len(durations); i++ {
@@ -732,7 +733,7 @@ func TestExponentialBackoffManagerGetNextBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestJitteredBackoffManagerGetNextBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 	// positive jitter
-	backoffMgr := NewJitteredBackoffManager(1, 1, clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now()))
+	backoffMgr := NewJitteredBackoffManager(1, 1, testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now()))
 	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
 		backoff := backoffMgr.(*jitteredBackoffManagerImpl).getNextBackoff()
 		if backoff < 1 || backoff > 2 {
@@ -741,7 +742,7 @@ func TestJitteredBackoffManagerGetNextBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// negative jitter, shall be a fixed backoff
-	backoffMgr = NewJitteredBackoffManager(1, -1, clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now()))
+	backoffMgr = NewJitteredBackoffManager(1, -1, testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now()))
 	backoff := backoffMgr.(*jitteredBackoffManagerImpl).getNextBackoff()
 	if backoff != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("backoff should be 1, but got %d", backoff)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/controller.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/controller.go
index fe394d16ceb..3491c0116a2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/controller.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/controller.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 )
 
 // This file implements a low-level controller that is used in
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache.go
index dfa95619309..7abdae73742 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 )
 
 // ExpirationCache implements the store interface
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_fakes.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_fakes.go
index 33afd32c867..a16f4735e34 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_fakes.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_fakes.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cache
 
 import (
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 )
 
 type fakeThreadSafeMap struct {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_test.go
index 160fe6ebb69..00a9e61cf5f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/expiration_cache_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
+	testingclock "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
 )
 
 func TestTTLExpirationBasic(t *testing.T) {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ func TestTTLPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	exactlyOnTTL := fakeTime.Add(-ttl)
 	expiredTime := fakeTime.Add(-(ttl + 1))
 
-	policy := TTLPolicy{ttl, clock.NewFakeClock(fakeTime)}
+	policy := TTLPolicy{ttl, testingclock.NewFakeClock(fakeTime)}
 	item := testStoreObject{id: "foo", val: "bar"}
 	itemkey, _ := testStoreKeyFunc(item)
 	fakeTimestampedEntry := &TimestampedEntry{Obj: item, Timestamp: exactlyOnTTL, key: itemkey}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go
index 90fa45ddbfe..f7adeeed18a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/naming"
 	utilnet "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/pager"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 	"k8s.io/utils/trace"
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector_test.go
index fa3b638c0db..49f76bf061d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector_test.go
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
+	testingclock "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
 )
 
 var nevererrc chan error
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ func TestReflectorListAndWatchInitConnBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 			func(t *testing.T) {
 				stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 				connFails := test.numConnFails
-				fakeClock := clock.NewFakeClock(time.Unix(0, 0))
+				fakeClock := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Unix(0, 0))
 				bm := wait.NewExponentialBackoffManager(time.Millisecond, maxBackoff, 100*time.Millisecond, 2.0, 1.0, fakeClock)
 				done := make(chan struct{})
 				defer close(done)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
index 1a95dcfeb25..4b7fc04e3ea 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/utils/buffer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go
index 5882e585b41..ce129bd30fe 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	fcache "k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/testing"
+	testingclock "k8s.io/utils/clock/testing"
 )
 
 type testListener struct {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestListenerResyncPeriods(t *testing.T) {
 	// create the shared informer and resync every 1s
 	informer := NewSharedInformer(source, &v1.Pod{}, 1*time.Second).(*sharedIndexInformer)
 
-	clock := clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
+	clock := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 	informer.clock = clock
 	informer.processor.clock = clock
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func TestResyncCheckPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 	// create the shared informer and resync every 12 hours
 	informer := NewSharedInformer(source, &v1.Pod{}, 12*time.Hour).(*sharedIndexInformer)
 
-	clock := clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
+	clock := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 	informer.clock = clock
 	informer.processor.clock = clock
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func TestSharedInformerWatchDisruption(t *testing.T) {
 	// create the shared informer and resync every 1s
 	informer := NewSharedInformer(source, &v1.Pod{}, 1*time.Second).(*sharedIndexInformer)
 
-	clock := clock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
+	clock := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 	informer.clock = clock
 	informer.processor.clock = clock