diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 739738f5c..91583fcb5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230810042731-2f6eec10c476
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230815235018-4c378f8a8a61
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230816040348-b97d8af0937c
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230807211050-31137ad9f7f2
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230816041302-b54afcf379c0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	k8s.io/kms v0.0.0-20230807211544-e54c40adc2b2
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230717233707-2695361300d9
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20230810042731-2f6eec10c476
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230815235018-4c378f8a8a61
 	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230816040348-b97d8af0937c
-	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230807211050-31137ad9f7f2
+	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230816041302-b54afcf379c0
 	k8s.io/kms => k8s.io/kms v0.0.0-20230807211544-e54c40adc2b2
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 396b15e8e..46269ea72 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230815235018-4c378f8a8a61 h1:PQAKasgkOolbHn5mI2MIMa
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20230815235018-4c378f8a8a61/go.mod h1:X0xh/chESs2hP9koe+SdIAcXWcQ+RM5hy0ZynB+yEvw=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230816040348-b97d8af0937c h1:P3i5n8yHv4kog3UH5DsTY/Ea/lKR5kIABlNHdpi3IVA=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20230816040348-b97d8af0937c/go.mod h1:8j1NqdeVD9eU4kSF8iq14yzTJQLAM897lcLSv3p/JB4=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230807211050-31137ad9f7f2 h1:bgkLpsQhIRm8Rd6h9V/n50sN63k6sEzX+Q8nCpZCCX4=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230807211050-31137ad9f7f2/go.mod h1:wjy+fowSTnR9NfN23CZuwDq+yF+viZTN5nbGbXcOYBM=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230816041302-b54afcf379c0 h1:uuljDMCaiT42hJDJgaxdoXrMEcej8ADI5y+kGjt4Dtw=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20230816041302-b54afcf379c0/go.mod h1:W5sXP3/QrFKETZVvaWLTjcl1LmhmxJhE8MFFRysUHPw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 h1:7WCHKK6K8fNhTqfBhISHQ97KrnJNFZMcQvKp7gP/tmg=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kms v0.0.0-20230807211544-e54c40adc2b2 h1:BOGPJSH0D8wqePatlYZlSJK08/SADckKy05IyvIi9mA=
diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/filters/impersonation.go b/pkg/endpoints/filters/impersonation.go
index 4803975a7..a6d293a15 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/filters/impersonation.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/filters/impersonation.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func WithImpersonation(handler http.Handler, a authorizer.Authorizer, s runtime.
 		req = req.WithContext(request.WithUser(ctx, newUser))
 
 		oldUser, _ := request.UserFrom(ctx)
-		httplog.LogOf(req, w).Addf("%v is acting as %v", oldUser, newUser)
+		httplog.LogOf(req, w).Addf("%v is impersonating %v", userString(oldUser), userString(newUser))
 
 		ae := audit.AuditEventFrom(ctx)
 		audit.LogImpersonatedUser(ae, newUser)
@@ -183,6 +183,24 @@ func WithImpersonation(handler http.Handler, a authorizer.Authorizer, s runtime.
 	})
 }
 
+func userString(u user.Info) string {
+	if u == nil {
+		return "<none>"
+	}
+	b := strings.Builder{}
+	if name := u.GetName(); name == "" {
+		b.WriteString("<empty>")
+	} else {
+		b.WriteString(name)
+	}
+	if groups := u.GetGroups(); len(groups) > 0 {
+		b.WriteString("[")
+		b.WriteString(strings.Join(groups, ","))
+		b.WriteString("]")
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
 func unescapeExtraKey(encodedKey string) string {
 	key, err := url.PathUnescape(encodedKey) // Decode %-encoded bytes.
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go b/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go
index 4d6248f83..a4b4c5899 100644
--- a/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go
+++ b/pkg/server/httplog/httplog.go
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ func StatusIsNot(statuses ...int) StacktracePred {
 func (rl *respLogger) Addf(format string, data ...interface{}) {
 	rl.mutex.Lock()
 	defer rl.mutex.Unlock()
-	rl.addedInfo.WriteString("\n")
 	rl.addedInfo.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(format, data...))
 }