diff --git a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
index 774765a8647..1e2be06b95e 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/"
   allowedImports:
+  - k8s.io/api
   - k8s.io/apimachinery
   - k8s.io/client-go
   - k8s.io/kubectl
+  - k8s.io/utils
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/"
   allowedImports: