diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
index 4e0e8f2f31c..1a92cb1c1c7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20210619224110-3f7ff695adc6
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v0.0.0-20181112141820-a009c3971eca // indirect
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5 // indirect