diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/rest.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/rest.go
index bf7b8838536..f238d447d32 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/rest.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/rest.go
@@ -862,7 +862,8 @@ func UpdateResource(r rest.Updater, scope RequestScope, typer runtime.ObjectType
 		defaultGVK := scope.Kind
 		original := r.New()
 		trace.Step("About to convert to expected version")
-		obj, gvk, err := scope.Serializer.DecoderToVersion(s.Serializer, defaultGVK.GroupVersion()).Decode(body, &defaultGVK, original)
+		decoder := scope.Serializer.DecoderToVersion(s.Serializer, schema.GroupVersion{Group: defaultGVK.Group, Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal})
+		obj, gvk, err := decoder.Decode(body, &defaultGVK, original)
 		if err != nil {
 			err = transformDecodeError(typer, err, original, gvk, body)
 			scope.err(err, w, req)