diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-arm64-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-arm64-image.yaml
index d57d4da668f..65e00539eaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-arm64-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-arm64-image.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
                 cp -a $go_bin_dir/$bin `dirname "$dockerfile"`
                 ;;
               kubectl)
+                go mod tidy
                 version=`go list -m -f '{{.Version}}' k8s.io/kubernetes`
                 mod_dir=`go list -m -f '{{.Dir}}' k8s.io/kubernetes`
                 source "$mod_dir/hack/lib/util.sh"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-x86-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-x86-image.yaml
index 64f94ab86c5..4c45a26642c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-x86-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-x86-image.yaml
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ jobs:
                 echo "COPY $bin /$f" >> "$dockerfile"
                 ;;
               kubectl)
+                go mod tidy
                 version=`go list -m -f '{{.Version}}' k8s.io/kubernetes`
                 mod_dir=`go list -m -f '{{.Dir}}' k8s.io/kubernetes`
                 source "$mod_dir/hack/lib/util.sh"