diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/debug_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/debug_test.go
index 0bb42f28af0..c4964dadc9b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/debug_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/debug_test.go
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ func TestCompleteAndValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantOpts, opts, cmpFilter, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(DebugOptions{},
-				"attachChanged", "shareProcessedChanged", "podClient", "WarningPrinter", "Applier")); diff != "" {
+				"attachChanged", "shareProcessedChanged", "podClient", "WarningPrinter", "Applier", "explicitNamespace")); diff != "" {
 				t.Error("CompleteAndValidate unexpected diff in generated object: (-want +got):\n", diff)
 			}
 		})