diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e79d3b5aa..c26dad9b81 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.23.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.50.2
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20211115234752-e816edb12b65 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d84f94756a..31196532e2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1521,8 +1521,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.30.0/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.50.2 h1:OsuacU5nfUhtQY1ictYdOEzkUoP5zkZ61i8F67Ch6W0=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.50.2/go.mod h1:N3kgBtsFxMb4nQ0eBDgbHEt/dtxBuTkSFQ+7K5OUoz4=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.0 h1:gpzK92+m2MpVQKeRAUO+GURys568jE2RzMlIKEQeA9Q=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.0/go.mod h1:N3kgBtsFxMb4nQ0eBDgbHEt/dtxBuTkSFQ+7K5OUoz4=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6/go.mod h1:UuqjUnNftUyPE5H64/qeyjQoUZhGpeFDVdxjTeEVN2o=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20201113171705-d219536bb9fd/go.mod h1:WOJ3KddDSol4tAGcJo0Tvi+dK12EcqSLqcWsryKMpfM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20211115234752-e816edb12b65 h1:E3J9oCLlaobFUqsjG9DfKbP2BmgwBL2p7pn0A3dG9W4=
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go
index bb0380896a..33743ffb8d 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ var (
 	// globalLogger.
 	globalLoggerOptions loggerOptions
 
-	// contextualLogger defines whether globalLogger may get called
-	// directly.
-	contextualLogger bool
-
 	// klogLogger is used as fallback for logging through the normal klog code
 	// when no Logger is set.
 	klogLogger logr.Logger = logr.New(&klogger{})
@@ -137,15 +133,6 @@ type loggerOptions struct {
 	flush            func()
 }
 
-// SetContextualLogger does the same as SetLogger, but in addition the
-// logger may also get called directly by code that retrieves it
-// with FromContext, TODO or Background. The logger therefore must
-// implements its own verbosity checking.
-func SetContextualLogger(logger logr.Logger) {
-	globalLogger = &logger
-	contextualLogger = true
-}
-
 // ClearLogger removes a backing Logger implementation if one was set earlier
 // with SetLogger.
 //
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index d9aa66e714..9eb37a1e11 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1
 # k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 ## explicit; go 1.12
 k8s.io/klog
-# k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.50.2
+# k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.0
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 k8s.io/klog/v2
 k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/buffer