diff --git a/third_party/go/io_k8s_kubernetes.patch b/third_party/go/io_k8s_kubernetes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0755dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/go/io_k8s_kubernetes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ur io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubectl/BUILD.bazel io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd/kubectl/BUILD.bazel
+--- io_k8s_kubernetes.orig/cmd/kubectl/BUILD.bazel	2023-07-24 18:31:00.812244286 +0200
++++ io_k8s_kubernetes/cmd/kubectl/BUILD.bazel	2023-07-24 18:31:46.283984824 +0200
+@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_binary", "go_library")
++load("@hscloud//third_party/go:kubernetes_version_def.bzl", "version_x_defs")
+ 
+ go_library(
+     name = "kubectl_lib",
+@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@
+     name = "kubectl",
+     embed = [":kubectl_lib"],
+     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
++    x_defs = version_x_defs(),
+ )