diff --git a/artifacts/scripts/util.sh b/artifacts/scripts/util.sh
index d6342aa45..bd141027c 100755
--- a/artifacts/scripts/util.sh
+++ b/artifacts/scripts/util.sh
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ update-deps-in-gomod() {
     [ -s go.sum ] && rm go.sum
 
     GO111MODULE=on GOPRIVATE="${dep_packages}" GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org go mod download
+    fixAmbiguousImports
     GOPROXY="file://${GOPATH}/pkg/mod/cache/download,https://proxy.golang.org" GO111MODULE=on GOPRIVATE="${dep_packages}" go mod tidy
 
     git add go.mod go.sum
@@ -853,6 +854,11 @@ update-deps-in-gomod() {
     ensure-clean-working-dir
 }
 
+function fixAmbiguousImports() {
+   # ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/publishing-bot/issues/304
+   go get cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata@v0.2.0
+}
+
 gomod-pseudo-version() {
     TZ=GMT git show -q --pretty='format:v0.0.0-%cd-%h' --date='format-local:%Y%m%d%H%M%S' --abbrev=12
 }