diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 902ce03b626..8aedd906ca7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.19.2
 	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.18.8
+	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0
 	k8s.io/kube-controller-manager v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.0.0
diff --git a/pkg/util/kubeadmapi/kubeadmapi.go b/pkg/util/kubeadmapi/kubeadmapi.go
index a5a52ca5887..6fa33398dad 100644
--- a/pkg/util/kubeadmapi/kubeadmapi.go
+++ b/pkg/util/kubeadmapi/kubeadmapi.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package kubeadmapi
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -349,7 +348,7 @@ func CreateOrUpdateRoleBinding(client clientset.Interface, roleBinding *rbacv1.R
 // CreateBootstrapConfigMapIfNotExists creates the kube-public ConfigMap if it doesn't exist already
 func CreateBootstrapConfigMapIfNotExists(client clientset.Interface, file string) error {
 
-	fmt.Printf("[bootstrap-token] Creating the %q ConfigMap in the %q namespace\n", bootstrapapi.ConfigMapClusterInfo, metav1.NamespacePublic)
+	klog.V(1).Infoln("[bootstrap-token] Creating the %q ConfigMap in the %q namespace", bootstrapapi.ConfigMapClusterInfo, metav1.NamespacePublic)
 
 	klog.V(1).Infoln("[bootstrap-token] loading admin kubeconfig")
 	adminConfig, err := clientcmd.LoadFromFile(file)