diff --git a/core/cmd/kube/BUILD b/core/cmd/kube/BUILD
index b1a22fe5..34466fc4 100644
--- a/core/cmd/kube/BUILD
+++ b/core/cmd/kube/BUILD
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_binary", "go_library")
+load("@//third_party/go:kubernetes_version_def.bzl", "version_x_defs")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
@@ -24,4 +25,5 @@ go_binary(
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     pure = "on",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    x_defs = version_x_defs(),
 )
diff --git a/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes-build.patch b/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes-build.patch
index 797769a0..7debfda3 100644
--- a/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes-build.patch
+++ b/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes-build.patch
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ diff -ur io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd
          "//pkg/credentialprovider/gcp:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/kubelet:go_default_library",
-@@ -78,25 +76,11 @@
+@@ -78,25 +76,13 @@
          "//pkg/util/oom:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/util/rlimit:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
 -        "//pkg/volume/cephfs:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/volume/configmap:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/volume/csi:go_default_library",
--        "//pkg/volume/downwardapi:go_default_library",
+         "//pkg/volume/downwardapi:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/volume/emptydir:go_default_library",
 -        "//pkg/volume/fc:go_default_library",
          "//pkg/volume/flexvolume:go_default_library",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ diff -ur io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd
          "//pkg/volume/local:go_default_library",
 -        "//pkg/volume/nfs:go_default_library",
 -        "//pkg/volume/portworx:go_default_library",
--        "//pkg/volume/projected:go_default_library",
+         "//pkg/volume/projected:go_default_library",
 -        "//pkg/volume/quobyte:go_default_library",
 -        "//pkg/volume/rbd:go_default_library",
 -        "//pkg/volume/scaleio:go_default_library",
diff --git a/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes.patch b/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes.patch
index 6d4663eb..27a1decd 100644
--- a/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes.patch
+++ b/third_party/go/patches/k8s-kubernetes.patch
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ diff -ur io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd
  	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/credentialprovider/gcp"
  
  	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
-@@ -28,27 +26,13 @@
+@@ -28,27 +26,15 @@
  
  	// Volume plugins
  	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 -	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/cephfs"
  	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/configmap"
  	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/csi"
--	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/downwardapi"
+ 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/downwardapi"
  	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/emptydir"
 -	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/fc"
  	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/flexvolume"
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ diff -ur io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd
  	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/local"
 -	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/nfs"
 -	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/portworx"
--	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/projected"
+ 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/projected"
 -	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/quobyte"
 -	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/rbd"
 -	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/scaleio"
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ diff -ur io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd
  
  	// Cloud providers
  	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers"
-@@ -64,30 +48,11 @@
+@@ -64,30 +48,13 @@
  	//
  	// Kubelet does not currently need to configure volume plugins.
  	// If/when it does, see kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go for example of using volume.VolumeConfig
@@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ diff -ur io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubelet/app/plugins.go io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd
 -	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, rbd.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 -	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, quobyte.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 -	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, cephfs.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
--	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, downwardapi.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
+ 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, downwardapi.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 -	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, fc.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 -	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, flocker.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
  	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, configmap.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
--	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, projected.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
+ 	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, projected.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 -	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, portworx.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
 -	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, scaleio.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)
  	allPlugins = append(allPlugins, local.ProbeVolumePlugins()...)