diff --git a/cmd/kops/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/kops/BUILD.bazel
index d80cf4f58cd92..536c015525504 100644
--- a/cmd/kops/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/kops/BUILD.bazel
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/helm/pkg/strvals:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kops/rollingupdatecluster.go b/cmd/kops/rollingupdatecluster.go
index 473064bed914c..da8cbcdcb3c10 100644
--- a/cmd/kops/rollingupdatecluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kops/rollingupdatecluster.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"k8s.io/kops/cmd/kops/util"
 	api "k8s.io/kops/pkg/apis/kops"