diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 508deb439..7fc99fed5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0
@@ -12,8 +12,34 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.6-0.20210820212750-d4cc65f0b2ff
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b
-	k8s.io/api v0.23.0-alpha.3
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.3
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0-alpha.3
+	k8s.io/api v0.23.0-alpha.4
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0-alpha.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210813160813-60bc85c4be6d // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210820121016-41cdb8703e55 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.30.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 14cc7e177..8da9e6ef4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.7/go.mod h1:cwu0lG7PUMfa9snN8LXBig5y
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.9-0.20201210154907-fd9021fe5dad/go.mod h1:cXg6YxExXjJnVBQHBLXeUAgxn2UodCpnH306RInaBQk=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.9-0.20210217033140-668b12f5399d/go.mod h1:cXg6YxExXjJnVBQHBLXeUAgxn2UodCpnH306RInaBQk=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0 h1:mRhaKNwANqRgUBGKmnI5ZxEk7QXmjQeCcuYFMX2bfcc=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0/go.mod h1:ELkj/draVOlAH/xkhN6mQ50Qd0MPOk5AAr3maGEBuJM=
@@ -137,10 +137,9 @@ github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3RMwSq7FuexP4Kalkev3ejPJsZTpXXBr9+V
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.0/go.mod h1:wCYkCAKZfumFQihp8CzCvQ3paCTfi41vtzG1KdI/P7A=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.1.0 h1:nAbevmWlS2Ic4m4+/An5NXkaGqlqpbBgdcuThZxnZyI=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
-github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:YShqdLLTU346TNVu8Tvwe3bOo6gc75oZ1joeE+1lYdQ=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 h1:QK40JKJyMdUDz+h+xvCsru/bJhvG0UxvePV0ufL/AcE=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Qa4Bsj2Vb+FAVeAKsLD8RLQ+YRJB8YDmOAKxaBQf7Ro=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.3/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.3/go.mod h1:rjx6GuL8TTa9VaixXglHmQmIL98+wF9xc8zWvFonSJ8=
@@ -879,30 +878,32 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.23.0-alpha.3 h1:iPJJZOCw1XQ4+YIQ1ktddzeO4Iwp8fPhwl5Ml/SPvFc=
-k8s.io/api v0.23.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:aij4C/hIpWWOLv3YoNzc0OYEK01u+RsvH0SB0Z4VGrU=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.3 h1:eurEY1aVu9k4eMdAt0wSCr4g4Yw/Y7H73oGAJfR3XRE=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:+HYs0mxmBpGepSSKbD3gE+/xLLsTYWsFLL1Df0h/xCU=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0-alpha.3 h1:o0R1fE9u8lg6J96vUbYs1lkLIGJlZFhB0uFfuP3uq4I=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:CimYO7ypGwnQeTeoJQ8Jht0OVH2glTFHGy7xEhLj3sk=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:BfrQ1Xe226GQ1/p966jALDDm0hMHX7XgF0UZlDzI36I=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:33Jk0VCuzz21Piw21Y0GeAN9OjifDFTTO2j/2Ds5JHg=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.23.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:pxmv1vqS30f8CieYQvITL/Z2lV5G6+/Ze3wRjS3HXFo=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.23.0-alpha.3/go.mod h1:Nu++7p2JXYxaFHpUsTZLLeL9a/PFArlq0sJXLSQhg5E=
+k8s.io/api v0.23.0-alpha.4 h1:jqhlAybNGUat3I73xXHmkKi2If1cBZbTvRUxM1fyHVY=
+k8s.io/api v0.23.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:C2RqQ86jH9nM0YFGjLhKlfldBYLnBEb5sn+x50lF2zg=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.4 h1:7mnbgfdBuuRcAd5T4Hq73t9PsaDw819b6DQPqbcEQds=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:kigfmoeWZRvDkUtNCLd4vEVmVHU2jhi/8ISvK2v724c=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0-alpha.4 h1:mLx8eaYBGBm13xsVXm+mA1njW30uRm6+KKExkm4h4Rc=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:oyH3LcOKLLooQH1NlpHlilzkWxqsiHWETyHgssntcXg=
+k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:filg3J7fRj+AuwLTFXNcH566LHC8mLkQrD0H2zUVpJk=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:OBGvnY60bm0zXmY4unHcYUHmffR6Smg2AqJ3pzORKYk=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.23.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:alK4pz5+y/zKXOPBnND3TvXOC/iF2oYTBDynHO1+qlI=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.23.0-alpha.4/go.mod h1:CD9PHLOKNi/x4tJLxoLaLA2EPkCeiT/1m/8PpPxwp80=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20210813121822-485abfe95c7c/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
 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 v2.20.0 h1:tlyxlSvd63k7axjhuchckaRJm+a92z5GSOrTOQY5sHw=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.20.0/go.mod h1:Gm8eSIfQN6457haJuPaMxZw4wyP5k+ykPFlrhQDvhvw=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.30.0 h1:bUO6drIvCIsvZ/XFgfxoGFQU/a4Qkh0iAlvUR7vlHJw=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.30.0/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210817084001-7fbd8d59e5b8/go.mod h1:foAE7XkrXQ1Qo2eWsW/iWksptrVdbl6t+vscSdmmGjk=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210819203725-bdf08cb9a70a h1:8dYfu/Fc9Gz2rNJKB9IQRGgQOh2clmRzNIPPY1xLY5g=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210819203725-bdf08cb9a70a/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b h1:wxEMGetGMur3J1xuGLQY7GEQYg9bZxKn3tKo5k/eYcs=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.23/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
+sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 h1:fD1pz4yfdADVNfFmcP2aBEtudwUQ1AlLnRBALr33v3s=
+sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/go.mod h1:p4QtZmO4uMYipTQNzagwnNoseA6OxSUutVw05NhYDRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 h1:Hr/htKFmJEbtMgS/UD0N+gtgctAqz81t3nu+sPzynno=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:j/nl6xW8vLS49O8YvXW1ocPhZawJtm+Yrr7PPRQ0Vg4=
diff --git a/pkg/crd/markers/zz_generated.markerhelp.go b/pkg/crd/markers/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
index cfb88141d..03d663601 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/markers/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/markers/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/crd/zz_generated.markerhelp.go b/pkg/crd/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
index 5e30a191b..db9f40f2e 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/deepcopy/testdata/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/deepcopy/testdata/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 837147e78..825f1a4fd 100644
--- a/pkg/deepcopy/testdata/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/deepcopy/testdata/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 // Code generated by controller-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
diff --git a/pkg/deepcopy/zz_generated.markerhelp.go b/pkg/deepcopy/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
index 6e001c6e2..913bc1fb7 100644
--- a/pkg/deepcopy/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
+++ b/pkg/deepcopy/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/genall/zz_generated.markerhelp.go b/pkg/genall/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
index 1319397e6..cc9ae7b80 100644
--- a/pkg/genall/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
+++ b/pkg/genall/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/loader/testutils/helpers.go b/pkg/loader/testutils/helpers.go
index c95457ce8..dd1c06e47 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/testutils/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/testutils/helpers.go
@@ -34,11 +34,86 @@ import (
 
 // fakeT wraps Ginkgo's fake testing.T with a real testing.T
 // to get the few missing methods.
+// NOTE: Go 1.17 doesn't allow ambiguous embedded funcs anymore.
+// We have to proxy ginkgo.GinkgoTInterface instead of testing.T
+// because we have to embed testing.T's private() func.
 type fakeT struct {
-	ginkgo.GinkgoTInterface
+	g ginkgo.GinkgoTInterface
 	*testing.T
 }
 
+func (t fakeT) Cleanup(f func()) {
+	t.g.Cleanup(f)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Error(args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Error(args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Errorf(format, args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Fail() {
+	t.g.Fail()
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) FailNow() {
+	t.g.FailNow()
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Failed() bool {
+	return t.g.Failed()
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Fatal(args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Fatal(args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Fatalf(format, args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Helper() {
+	t.g.Helper()
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Log(args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Log(args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Logf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Logf(format, args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Name() string {
+	return t.g.Name()
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Setenv(key, value string) {
+	t.g.Setenv(key, value)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Skip(args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Skip(args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) SkipNow() {
+	t.g.SkipNow()
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Skipf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	t.g.Skipf(format, args)
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) Skipped() bool {
+	return t.g.Skipped()
+}
+
+func (t fakeT) TempDir() string {
+	return t.g.TempDir()
+}
+
 // LoadFakeRoots loads the given "root" packages by fake module,
 // transitively loading and all imports as well.
 //
diff --git a/pkg/rbac/zz_generated.markerhelp.go b/pkg/rbac/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
index 29deffea3..0e2083a23 100644
--- a/pkg/rbac/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
+++ b/pkg/rbac/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/schemapatcher/zz_generated.markerhelp.go b/pkg/schemapatcher/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
index 96950a9d1..db9745d76 100644
--- a/pkg/schemapatcher/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
+++ b/pkg/schemapatcher/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/zz_generated.markerhelp.go b/pkg/webhook/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
index 5e4e02f86..2a34608e8 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/zz_generated.markerhelp.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*