diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/go.mod b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/go.mod
index d41a4b19968d3a4ec9236ad1fe84bb49f39b9fcb..e8e2c7d7fa5a5b25af1ce0d5612cc2e1dc3f2b50 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v1.3.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.33.0