diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 79af6c2cd..d8aed23d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053747-3f61c95cab71
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108052757-4fe4321a9d5e
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053748-98c1aa6b3d0a
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108055230-fd8a60496be5
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20221108072842-e556445586e6
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054910-ea9ec9169797
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054913-4b1a9fdfb58c
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20221108061007-abdc0eb56a1d
 	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20221108061658-aa222c251f8e
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053747-3f61c95cab71
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108052757-4fe4321a9d5e
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053748-98c1aa6b3d0a
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108055230-fd8a60496be5
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20221108072842-e556445586e6
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054910-ea9ec9169797
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054913-4b1a9fdfb58c
 	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20221108000200-7429fbb99432
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20221108061007-abdc0eb56a1d
 	k8s.io/component-helpers => k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20221108061658-aa222c251f8e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9615372f4..ba87c8817 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -540,14 +540,14 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 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=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053747-3f61c95cab71 h1:pyiHUA+hk/Uld88AATDzP+rOHuHoUvQVDosQmOGGT/w=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053747-3f61c95cab71/go.mod h1:PSXY9/fSNyKgKHUU+O9scnZiW8m+V1znqk49oI6hAEY=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108052757-4fe4321a9d5e h1:zX/AC2CNrYwngyVHVHcsCL36uUtC/3tiZOE6/gfojvc=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108052757-4fe4321a9d5e/go.mod h1:VXMmlsE7YRJ5vyAyWpkKIfFkEbDNpVs0ObpkuQf1WfM=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053748-98c1aa6b3d0a h1:GaCla9HtNyi63kysI/cyeA4bv6wRkIyuiUeXpaTF+dw=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20221108053748-98c1aa6b3d0a/go.mod h1:PSXY9/fSNyKgKHUU+O9scnZiW8m+V1znqk49oI6hAEY=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108055230-fd8a60496be5 h1:iFAMJ1evvrO6X7dS7EKujS6An+bp3u/dD6opu8rn0QA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20221108055230-fd8a60496be5/go.mod h1:VXMmlsE7YRJ5vyAyWpkKIfFkEbDNpVs0ObpkuQf1WfM=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20221108072842-e556445586e6 h1:O5RHkYLsqflfhvXClaKFHb4Gp8++bIIY+lYJG/Q5ZhU=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20221108072842-e556445586e6/go.mod h1:+qJo1vrpfIpPsTFvZ5thfxazTEZCRmSPdhC0bxQ51/w=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054910-ea9ec9169797 h1:T9QsUDmalrZVfj0rQztOzzRnrkm0XY0GZm176jmV2Fo=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054910-ea9ec9169797/go.mod h1:nLJ8OQ/Q/icQcfjnVrKZyCgc/CPXX7o8Hlqh70Oo6Jk=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054913-4b1a9fdfb58c h1:73hBKeNTruSueGRemXkcxxOJ2OV58wJvfdo0+ZMkucA=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20221108054913-4b1a9fdfb58c/go.mod h1:Hnc/VjMc6mMK4isnk+uuot3Ymjl7evdMdssMoHIDeSc=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20221108061007-abdc0eb56a1d h1:IF51IULm49B+VT4PJOBd4z/SxtU0WVfInKrnykCG/t0=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20221108061007-abdc0eb56a1d/go.mod h1:yN3pjWt18ANoCwZlZZaB+9OdFe2a6rgTUE51kThAe3Q=
 k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20221108061658-aa222c251f8e h1:v2TulZDdzLZe3sB78qO1wn3l+7UTM6lpofZf4u8cmms=
diff --git a/pkg/describe/describe.go b/pkg/describe/describe.go
index 58dd27f90..d9f4bc136 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -2653,11 +2653,11 @@ func (i *IngressDescriber) describeIngressV1(ing *networkingv1.Ingress, events *
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Ingress Class:\t%v\n", ingressClassName)
 		def := ing.Spec.DefaultBackend
 		ns := ing.Namespace
-		if def == nil {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Default backend:\t<default>\n")
-		} else {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Default backend:\t%s\n", i.describeBackendV1(ns, def))
+		defaultBackendDescribe := "<default>"
+		if def != nil {
+			defaultBackendDescribe = i.describeBackendV1(ns, def)
 		}
+		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Default backend:\t%s\n", defaultBackendDescribe)
 		if len(ing.Spec.TLS) != 0 {
 			describeIngressTLSV1(w, ing.Spec.TLS)
 		}
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ func (i *IngressDescriber) describeIngressV1(ing *networkingv1.Ingress, events *
 			}
 		}
 		if count == 0 {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_1, "%s\t%s\t%s\n", "*", "*", i.describeBackendV1(ns, def))
+			w.Write(LEVEL_1, "%s\t%s\t%s\n", "*", "*", defaultBackendDescribe)
 		}
 		printAnnotationsMultiline(w, "Annotations", ing.Annotations)
 
diff --git a/pkg/describe/describe_test.go b/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
index adad2a837..afcb2262c 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -2800,6 +2800,30 @@ Rules:
   *           *     default-backend:80 (<error: endpoints "default-backend" not found>)
 Annotations:  <none>
 Events:       <none>
+`,
+		},
+		"EmptyBackend": {
+			input: fake.NewSimpleClientset(&networkingv1.Ingress{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "bar",
+					Namespace: "foo",
+				},
+				Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+					IngressClassName: &ingresClassName,
+				},
+			}),
+			output: `Name:             bar
+Labels:           <none>
+Namespace:        foo
+Address:          
+Ingress Class:    test
+Default backend:  <default>
+Rules:
+  Host        Path  Backends
+  ----        ----  --------
+  *           *     <default>
+Annotations:  <none>
+Events:       <none>
 `,
 		},
 		"EmptyIngressClassName": {