diff --git a/hack/godep-restore.sh b/hack/godep-restore.sh
index ed23e1478a..a982597f59 100755
--- a/hack/godep-restore.sh
+++ b/hack/godep-restore.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
 
-kube::util::ensure_godep_version v74
+kube::util::ensure_godep_version v79
 
 echo "Starting to download all kubernetes godeps. This takes a while"
 GOPATH=${GOPATH}:${KUBE_ROOT}/staging godep restore "$@"