diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go
index b08e11849e0..f7056fa0d92 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/common/types"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestTypes_ListType(t *testing.T) {
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ func TestDeclTypeProvider_FindStructType(t *testing.T) {
 	base := types.NewEmptyRegistry()
 	provider := NewDeclTypeProvider(obj)
 	provider, err := provider.WithTypeProvider(base)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	wrappedType, found := provider.FindStructType("foo")
-	assert.True(t, found)
-	assert.Equal(t, types.TypeKind, wrappedType.Kind())
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.Equal(t, types.TypeKind, wrappedType.Kind())
 }