diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 35b6f0a99d..cb0154de39 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -110,19 +110,7 @@ jobs:
         # This step checks out k8s.io/client-go so we can
         # vendor the dependencies.
         command: >
-          git clone
-          https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go
-          $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/client-go
-
-    - run:
-        name: Vendor gnostic
-        # This step vendors github.com/googleapis/gnostic in the
-        # k8s.io/client-go package, because it won't build with the
-        # current master.
-        command: >
-          git clone --branch v0.4.0
-          https://github.com/googleapis/gnostic
-          $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/client-go/vendor/github.com/googleapis/gnostic
+	go get k8s.io/client-go@v12.0.0
 
     - run:
         name: Fetching dependencies