diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d1aef46c1..e976947d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.38.0
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.2.2
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210720141931-aa30bdaf750c
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210805120319-7a35d40d43ac
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210805051055-f7769293e6f1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20210805080552-fa98c048508e
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20210805081127-3a587e60aab9
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210720141931-aa30bdaf750c
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210805120319-7a35d40d43ac
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210805051055-f7769293e6f1
 	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20210805080552-fa98c048508e
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20210805081127-3a587e60aab9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 37481544b..dfd393db5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210720141931-aa30bdaf750c h1:bQDI22QyjupmAGqhbVE2uIkAkAAVEVfTf/n8RG/Xtpo=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210720141931-aa30bdaf750c/go.mod h1:FtqZiusVhnyM5jUPPFkDCU91OKo0sOpX9b9hotVGbIk=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210805120319-7a35d40d43ac h1:Wu1nE5Lz+WstOMn+yT1unlEh/w2eXTQ+cWeD8m/YQYE=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20210805120319-7a35d40d43ac/go.mod h1:9J6nkHavSazyXmPeuA4f1YO9Ztdjw7nDibPjT4P+wsY=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210805051055-f7769293e6f1 h1:cVpwhaGeh/tNPBeYbFff3tjx5AxwG5zwImhz+eusG3k=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20210805051055-f7769293e6f1/go.mod h1:O3oNtNadZdeOMxHFVxOreoznohCpy0z6mocxbZr7oJ0=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20210805080552-fa98c048508e h1:0RaerCWCkguHMpXmdiPlW+wLFkV2oojh4F/QwThEqtI=
diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
index 7e0715eb5..755a15f12 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ var (
 	)
 	longRunningRequestGauge = compbasemetrics.NewGaugeVec(
 		&compbasemetrics.GaugeOpts{
-			Name:           "apiserver_longrunning_gauge",
-			Help:           "Gauge of all active long-running apiserver requests broken out by verb, group, version, resource, scope and component. Not all requests are tracked this way.",
-			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.ALPHA,
+			Name:              "apiserver_longrunning_gauge",
+			Help:              "Gauge of all active long-running apiserver requests broken out by verb, group, version, resource, scope and component. Not all requests are tracked this way.",
+			StabilityLevel:    compbasemetrics.ALPHA,
+			DeprecatedVersion: "1.23.0",
 		},
 		[]string{"verb", "group", "version", "resource", "subresource", "scope", "component"},
 	)
@@ -131,9 +132,10 @@ var (
 	// RegisteredWatchers is a number of currently registered watchers splitted by resource.
 	RegisteredWatchers = compbasemetrics.NewGaugeVec(
 		&compbasemetrics.GaugeOpts{
-			Name:           "apiserver_registered_watchers",
-			Help:           "Number of currently registered watchers for a given resources",
-			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.ALPHA,
+			Name:              "apiserver_registered_watchers",
+			Help:              "Number of currently registered watchers for a given resources",
+			StabilityLevel:    compbasemetrics.ALPHA,
+			DeprecatedVersion: "1.23.0",
 		},
 		[]string{"group", "version", "kind"},
 	)