diff --git a/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go b/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go
index d3116b425..a9e1d65f5 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/create/create_role_test.go
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	rbac "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericiooptions"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake"
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestCreateRole(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 			if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(test.expectedRole, actual) {
-				t.Errorf("%s", diff.ObjectReflectDiff(test.expectedRole, actual))
+				t.Errorf("%s", cmp.Diff(test.expectedRole, actual))
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/get/sorter_test.go b/pkg/cmd/get/sorter_test.go
index f0ddace35..fd412a574 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/get/sorter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/get/sorter_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	metav1beta1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 )
 
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ func TestSortingPrinter(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("%s: expected error containing: %q, got none", tt.name, tt.expectedErr)
 			}
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(table, expectedTable) {
-				t.Errorf("[%s]\nexpected/saw:\n%s", tt.name, diff.ObjectReflectDiff(expectedTable, table))
+				t.Errorf("[%s]\nexpected/saw:\n%s", tt.name, cmp.Diff(expectedTable, table))
 			}
 		})
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
index 98ffe8cc7..7cf0d7083 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/utils/exec"
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("testcase[%d], unexpected error: %v", i, err)
 			} else if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(test.expected, out) {
-				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%s", i, diff.ObjectReflectDiff(test.expected, out))
+				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%s", i, cmp.Diff(test.expected, out))
 			}
 		}
 		if test.expectErr && err == nil {
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ func TestStrategicMerge(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("testcase[%d], unexpected error: %v", i, err)
 			} else if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(test.expected, out) {
-				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%s", i, diff.ObjectReflectDiff(test.expected, out))
+				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%s", i, cmp.Diff(test.expected, out))
 			}
 		}
 		if test.expectErr && err == nil {
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ func TestJSONPatch(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("testcase[%d], unexpected error: %v", i, err)
 			} else if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(test.expected, out) {
-				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%s", i, diff.ObjectReflectDiff(test.expected, out))
+				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%s", i, cmp.Diff(test.expected, out))
 			}
 		}
 		if test.expectErr && err == nil {