diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go
index bfc773dcd68..c098def7437 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
+	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register"
 )
 
 func main() {