diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 532d58cafb0..2d3e470d1a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.43.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.32.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.25.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.34.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.35.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250528174236-200df99c418a
@@ -210,12 +210,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 // indirect
-=======
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 // indirect
->>>>>>> 99e1ae43061 (update prometheus' client_golang and common packages)
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdab1c1fa2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+// This is a generated file. Do not edit directly.
+
+module k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver
+
+go 1.24.0
+
+godebug default=go1.24
+
+require (
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
+	github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.0
+	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.0
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.6.4
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.6.4
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.36.0
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8
+	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
+)
+
+require (
+	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
+	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/prometheus v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.3 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
+	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
+	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5 // indirect
+	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20220101234140-673ab2c3ae75 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
+	github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20221125231312-a49e3df8f510 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.4.2 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.6.4 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.6.4 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.6.4 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/raft/v3 v3.6.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.60.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.43.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.34.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.35.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250528174236-200df99c418a // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250903151518-081d64401ab4 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kms v0.0.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2 // indirect
+)
+
+replace (
+	k8s.io/api => ../api
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => ../apimachinery
+	k8s.io/apiserver => ../apiserver
+	k8s.io/client-go => ../client-go
+	k8s.io/code-generator => ../code-generator
+	k8s.io/component-base => ../component-base
+	k8s.io/kms => ../kms
+)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1095c0e04b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// This is a generated file. Do not edit directly.
+
+module k8s.io/apiserver
+
+go 1.24.0
+
+godebug default=go1.24
+
+require (
+	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
+	github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.3.0+incompatible
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
+	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3
+	github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.0
+	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0
+	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822
+	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.6.4
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.6.4
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.6.4
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.6.4
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.60.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.36.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.43.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
+	gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2 v2.6.3
+	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/kms v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397
+	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8
+	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
+)
+
+require (
+	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
+	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/prometheus v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.3 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20220101234140-673ab2c3ae75 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
+	github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20221125231312-a49e3df8f510 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.4.2 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.6.4 // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/raft/v3 v3.6.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.34.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250528174236-200df99c418a // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
+
+replace (
+	k8s.io/api => ../api
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => ../apimachinery
+	k8s.io/client-go => ../client-go
+	k8s.io/component-base => ../component-base
+	k8s.io/kms => ../kms
+)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce27337e807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// This is a generated file. Do not edit directly.
+
+module k8s.io/component-base
+
+go 1.24.0
+
+godebug default=go1.24
+
+require (
+	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
+	github.com/moby/term v0.5.0
+	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.0
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.36.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.3 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.34.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.43.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.34.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250528174236-200df99c418a // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
+)
+
+replace (
+	k8s.io/api => ../api
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => ../apimachinery
+	k8s.io/client-go => ../client-go
+)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil/metrics.go
index c729ac4937a..a8d710aff59 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil/metrics.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func ParseMetrics(data string, output *Metrics) error {
 // proto messages in a map where the metric names are the keys, along with any
 // error encountered.
 func TextToMetricFamilies(in io.Reader) (map[string]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
-	var textParser expfmt.TextParser
+	textParser := expfmt.NewTextParser(model.UTF8Validation)
 	return textParser.TextToMetricFamilies(in)
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bda636d58cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// This is a generated file. Do not edit directly.
+
+module k8s.io/kubectl
+
+go 1.24.0
+
+godebug default=go1.24
+
+require (
+	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0
+	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2
+	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
+	github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20210407135951-1de76d718b3f
+	github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2
+	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
+	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.5.0
+	github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de
+	github.com/lithammer/dedent v1.1.0
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1
+	github.com/moby/term v0.5.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1
+	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.0
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b
+	k8s.io/metrics v0.0.0
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.7.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 // indirect
+	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20241029153458-d1b30febd7db // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 // indirect
+	github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
+	github.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20200626010858-205db1a8cc00 // indirect
+	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
+	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
+	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.43.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.34.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.35.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1 // indirect
+)
+
+replace (
+	k8s.io/api => ../api
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => ../apimachinery
+	k8s.io/cli-runtime => ../cli-runtime
+	k8s.io/client-go => ../client-go
+	k8s.io/code-generator => ../code-generator
+	k8s.io/component-base => ../component-base
+	k8s.io/component-helpers => ../component-helpers
+	k8s.io/metrics => ../metrics
+)
diff --git a/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go b/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go
index c7f9d20e9b9..f8fb4aa327f 100644
--- a/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ type consistencyCheckStatus struct {
 }
 
 func parseMetric(r io.Reader, name string) (*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
-	var parser expfmt.TextParser
+	parser := expfmt.NewTextParser(model.UTF8Validation)
 	mfs, err := parser.TextToMetricFamilies(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err