diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod
index 44fbb7113ecde0df88624701e3ecbaf0eb660a3c..773ff9dba6e454762a3d1a9f4f0b0cdd49af7990 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.11.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.33.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1