diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
index 1a30e2b8230..5dbc35b0c6d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/builder/builder_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints"
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/validation/spec"
-	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
@@ -479,7 +478,7 @@ func TestBuildOpenAPIV2(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}
 			if tt.preserveUnknownFields != nil && *tt.preserveUnknownFields {
-				validation.OpenAPIV3Schema.XPreserveUnknownFields = utilpointer.BoolPtr(true)
+				validation.OpenAPIV3Schema.XPreserveUnknownFields = ptr.To(true)
 			}
 
 			// TODO: mostly copied from the test above. reuse code to cleanup
@@ -589,7 +588,7 @@ func TestBuildOpenAPIV3(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}
 			if tt.preserveUnknownFields != nil && *tt.preserveUnknownFields {
-				validation.OpenAPIV3Schema.XPreserveUnknownFields = utilpointer.BoolPtr(true)
+				validation.OpenAPIV3Schema.XPreserveUnknownFields = ptr.To(true)
 			}
 
 			got, err := BuildOpenAPIV3(&apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinition{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go
index 53544764b5b..76363d945b4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/controller/openapi/v2/conversion_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 	structuralschema "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema"
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto"
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/validation/spec"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func Test_ConvertJSONSchemaPropsToOpenAPIv2Schema(t *testing.T) {
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ func Test_ConvertJSONSchemaPropsToOpenAPIv2SchemaByType(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "preserve-unknown-fields in arrays",
 			in: &apiextensions.JSONSchemaProps{
-				XPreserveUnknownFields: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+				XPreserveUnknownFields: ptr.To(true),
 				Type:                   "array",
 				Items: &apiextensions.JSONSchemaPropsOrArray{Schema: &apiextensions.JSONSchemaProps{
 					Type: "string",
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ func Test_ConvertJSONSchemaPropsToOpenAPIv2SchemaByType(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "preserve-unknown-fields in objects",
 			in: &apiextensions.JSONSchemaProps{
-				XPreserveUnknownFields: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+				XPreserveUnknownFields: ptr.To(true),
 				Type:                   "object",
 				Properties: map[string]apiextensions.JSONSchemaProps{
 					"foo": {