diff --git a/pkg/api/pod/util.go b/pkg/api/pod/util.go
index e7e6ae61482..7370a7b13fd 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pod/util.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pod/util.go
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ package pod
 import (
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	metavalidation "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/helper"
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ func MarkPodProposedForResize(oldPod, newPod *api.Pod) {
 		if c.Resources.Requests == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		if diff.ObjectDiff(oldPod.Spec.Containers[i].Resources, c.Resources) == "" {
+		if cmp.Equal(oldPod.Spec.Containers[i].Resources, c.Resources) {
 			continue
 		}
 		findContainerStatus := func(css []api.ContainerStatus, cName string) (api.ContainerStatus, bool) {
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ func MarkPodProposedForResize(oldPod, newPod *api.Pod) {
 			return api.ContainerStatus{}, false
 		}
 		if cs, ok := findContainerStatus(newPod.Status.ContainerStatuses, c.Name); ok {
-			if diff.ObjectDiff(c.Resources.Requests, cs.AllocatedResources) != "" {
+			if !cmp.Equal(c.Resources.Requests, cs.AllocatedResources) {
 				newPod.Status.Resize = api.PodResizeStatusProposed
 				break
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go
index feeeb12caec..9279f34f398 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/defaults_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -2113,7 +2114,7 @@ func TestSetDefaultResizePolicy(t *testing.T) {
 			testPod.Spec.Containers = append(testPod.Spec.Containers, tc.testContainer)
 			output := roundTrip(t, runtime.Object(&testPod))
 			pod2 := output.(*v1.Pod)
-			if diff.ObjectDiff(pod2.Spec.Containers[0].ResizePolicy, tc.expectedResizePolicy) != "" {
+			if !cmp.Equal(pod2.Spec.Containers[0].ResizePolicy, tc.expectedResizePolicy) {
 				t.Errorf("expected resize policy %+v, but got %+v", tc.expectedResizePolicy, pod2.Spec.Containers[0].ResizePolicy)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index e2902fdb7da..50f973a727b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	cadvisorapi "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	libcontaineruserns "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/userns"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -2602,8 +2602,7 @@ func isPodResizeInProgress(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *v1.PodStatus) bool {
 			if cs.Resources == nil {
 				continue
 			}
-			if diff.ObjectDiff(c.Resources.Limits, cs.Resources.Limits) != "" ||
-				diff.ObjectDiff(cs.AllocatedResources, cs.Resources.Requests) != "" {
+			if !cmp.Equal(c.Resources.Limits, cs.Resources.Limits) || !cmp.Equal(cs.AllocatedResources, cs.Resources.Requests) {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
@@ -2673,7 +2672,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) handlePodResourcesResize(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.Pod {
 			klog.V(5).InfoS("ContainerStatus.AllocatedResources length mismatch", "pod", pod.Name, "container", container.Name)
 			break
 		}
-		if len(diff.ObjectDiff(container.Resources.Requests, containerStatus.AllocatedResources)) > 0 {
+		if !cmp.Equal(container.Resources.Requests, containerStatus.AllocatedResources) {
 			podResized = true
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index f43a4655da7..7d53bdcf01b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	utilvalidation "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) determinePodResizeStatus(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *v1.PodStatus
 	specStatusDiffer := false
 	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
 		if cs, ok := podutil.GetContainerStatus(podStatus.ContainerStatuses, c.Name); ok {
-			if cs.Resources != nil && diff.ObjectDiff(c.Resources, *cs.Resources) != "" {
+			if cs.Resources != nil && !cmp.Equal(c.Resources, *cs.Resources) {
 				specStatusDiffer = true
 				break
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux_test.go
index b7bc0ade742..56f1c153951 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	runtimeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
@@ -882,7 +881,7 @@ func TestGenerateLinuxContainerResources(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			resources := m.generateLinuxContainerResources(pod, &pod.Spec.Containers[0], false)
 			tc.expected.HugepageLimits = resources.HugepageLimits
-			if diff.ObjectDiff(resources, tc.expected) != "" {
+			if !cmp.Equal(resources, tc.expected) {
 				t.Errorf("Test %s: expected resources %+v, but got %+v", tc.name, tc.expected, resources)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index 9c9cc56d5ae..16c08f8d2ec 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	cadvisorapi "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	crierror "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	utilversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodResizeAction(pod *v1.Pod, containe
 	if !exists || apiContainerStatus.State.Running == nil || apiContainerStatus.Resources == nil ||
 		kubeContainerStatus.State != kubecontainer.ContainerStateRunning ||
 		kubeContainerStatus.ID.String() != apiContainerStatus.ContainerID ||
-		len(diff.ObjectDiff(container.Resources.Requests, apiContainerStatus.AllocatedResources)) != 0 {
+		!cmp.Equal(container.Resources.Requests, apiContainerStatus.AllocatedResources) {
 		return true
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go b/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go
index 5a37f4075dd..3f805c2a9ca 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	resourceapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/resource"
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	semver "github.com/blang/semver/v4"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func verifyPodAllocations(pod *v1.Pod, tcInfo []TestContainerInfo, flagError boo
 		if flagError {
 			framework.ExpectEqual(tcStatus.AllocatedResources, cStatus.AllocatedResources)
 		}
-		if diff.ObjectDiff(cStatus.AllocatedResources, tcStatus.AllocatedResources) != "" {
+		if !cmp.Equal(cStatus.AllocatedResources, tcStatus.AllocatedResources) {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func waitForPodResizeActuation(c clientset.Interface, podClient *e2epod.PodClien
 			}
 			differs := false
 			for idx, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
-				if diff.ObjectDiff(c.Resources, *pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[idx].Resources) != "" {
+				if !cmp.Equal(c.Resources, *pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[idx].Resources) {
 					differs = true
 					break
 				}