diff --git a/pkg/model/gcemodel/api_loadbalancer.go b/pkg/model/gcemodel/api_loadbalancer.go
index a7e9497420..a2e93e9574 100644
--- a/pkg/model/gcemodel/api_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/model/gcemodel/api_loadbalancer.go
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/apis/kops"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/wellknownports"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/gce"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/gcetasks"
-	"k8s.io/utils/strings/slices"
 )
 
 // APILoadBalancerBuilder builds a LoadBalancer for accessing the API
diff --git a/tests/e2e/go.mod b/tests/e2e/go.mod
index d3bbc53dec..67ed0b921b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/tests/e2e/go.mod
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
 	github.com/octago/sflags v0.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240103183307-be819d1f06fc
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
 	k8s.io/kops v1.28.2
 	k8s.io/release v0.16.4
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
 	sigs.k8s.io/boskos v0.0.0-20230524062849-a7ef97ee445d
 	sigs.k8s.io/kubetest2 v0.0.0-20231218114518-71238a9645df
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go4.org v0.0.0-20201209231011-d4a079459e60 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240103183307-be819d1f06fc // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.15.0 // indirect
@@ -292,6 +291,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 // indirect
 	k8s.io/test-infra v0.0.0-20220913174101-46ac1a6cf806 // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/bom v0.5.2-0.20230519223618-1ebaa9ce375f // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v3 v3.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
index 5e77aaa026..e36e24469d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/shlex"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/aws"
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/pkg/kops"
 	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/pkg/version"
-	"k8s.io/utils/strings/slices"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubetest2/pkg/exec"
 )