diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/each.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/each.go
index f8fc1e76bc2..39671818342 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/each.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/each.go
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/codetags"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
-
-	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/immutable.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/immutable.go
index 92ae2fd2b89..a2343f3d304 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/immutable.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/immutable.go
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ package validators
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/codetags"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
-
-	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/limits.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/limits.go
index 57a79920070..ff35f1163f6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/limits.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/limits.go
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/codetags"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
-
-	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
index b52acdd2e17..603121a3fbe 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/required.go
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/codetags"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
-
-	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/subfield.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/subfield.go
index f9f154fde6b..6af38893b7e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/subfield.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/subfield.go
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/codetags"
 	"k8s.io/gengo/v2/types"
-
-	"k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/util"
 )
 
 const (