diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/i18n.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/i18n.go
index cc2a966f2c6..4aebe31812d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/i18n.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n/i18n.go
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ func LoadTranslations(root string, getLanguageFn func() string) error {
 	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	gettext.BindTextdomain("k8s", root+".zip", buf.Bytes())
-	gettext.Textdomain("k8s")
-	gettext.SetLocale(langStr)
+	gettext.BindLocale(gettext.New("k8s", root+".zip", buf.Bytes()))
+	gettext.SetDomain("k8s")
+	gettext.SetLanguage(langStr)
 	return nil
 }