diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/5396-blackpiglet b/changelogs/unreleased/5396-blackpiglet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4808596e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/5396-blackpiglet
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+update velero using klog to version v2.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/velero/velero.go b/cmd/velero/velero.go
index ece94f161..07be4a884 100644
--- a/cmd/velero/velero.go
+++ b/cmd/velero/velero.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"k8s.io/klog"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/cmd"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/cmd/velero"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6d3616903..75512d71a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.22.2
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.22.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2
-	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.19.12
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.22.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8fa8ba195..75dc52473 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1486,8 +1486,6 @@ k8s.io/component-base v0.22.2/go.mod h1:5Br2QhI9OTe79p+TzPe9JKNQYvEKbq9rTJDWllun
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200428234225-8167cfdcfc14/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201214224949-b6c5ce23f027/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
-k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 h1:Pt+yjF5aB1xDSVbau4VsWe+dQNzA0qv1LlXdC2dF6Q8=
-k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
 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 v2.9.0 h1:D7HV+n1V57XeZ0m6tdRkfknthUaM06VFbWldOFh8kzM=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/velero/velero.go b/pkg/cmd/velero/velero.go
index 8775f69cd..fe712adc0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/velero/velero.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/velero/velero.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/klog"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/cmd/cli/debug"
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/suite_test.go b/pkg/controller/suite_test.go
index b5c5b4d08..89e6159a1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/suite_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/persistence"
 	persistencemocks "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/persistence/mocks"
 
-	"k8s.io/klog"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"