diff --git a/cmd/verify_test.go b/cmd/verify_test.go
index d94cefaa..c4e08311 100644
--- a/cmd/verify_test.go
+++ b/cmd/verify_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/in-toto/go-witness/signer/file"
 	"github.com/in-toto/witness/options"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 func TestRunVerifyCA(t *testing.T) {
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ func makepolicy(t *testing.T, functionary policy.Functionary, publicKey policy.P
 	}
 
 	p := policy.Policy{
-		Expires:    time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour),
+		Expires:    metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour)},
 		PublicKeys: map[string]policy.PublicKey{},
 		Steps:      map[string]policy.Step{},
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 759e26cf..894b6a05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.15.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.11
 )
 
 require (
@@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.11 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect