diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3f50665a7..062f8e488 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211019181941-9d821ace8654
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213171716-0820d150f9ee
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213234601-b7112c1b6e9e
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211213171520-e65876e14280
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20211213173919-7521450cf418
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20211213171958-056a9de35397
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213171716-0820d150f9ee
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213234601-b7112c1b6e9e
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211213171520-e65876e14280
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20211213173919-7521450cf418
 	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20211213171958-056a9de35397
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cc5a50da8..e22067850 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -911,8 +911,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213171716-0820d150f9ee h1:/v+7rD7h8qwNabJfpXzvxuE1pY6wcJODhRknvg+nQi4=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213171716-0820d150f9ee/go.mod h1:vmCvbkzTfBQjlMNSgh69E+3vHHcFdYVCXF20g8xtEaE=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213234601-b7112c1b6e9e h1:Fzjke98RMhnE6jv2L7ODA/aCizYxOAhovMGjdPrlU9c=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211213234601-b7112c1b6e9e/go.mod h1:vmCvbkzTfBQjlMNSgh69E+3vHHcFdYVCXF20g8xtEaE=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211213171520-e65876e14280 h1:1Vi6MSKuJbfiiUckP6GaHTGYZtqayWlyf/JItZRH8Rg=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211213171520-e65876e14280/go.mod h1:YpCy0BWvwSGZKMwmvPxCsfFJfl6vAwQdfVnPOJoUT2E=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20211213173919-7521450cf418 h1:Zq6mshf2Hoib2zVJnpZjPTrBzAGZOo0fEIpZvANiCI8=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
index f82b19352..168e776b0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -589,18 +590,30 @@ const (
 
 func GetDryRunStrategy(cmd *cobra.Command) (DryRunStrategy, error) {
 	var dryRunFlag = GetFlagString(cmd, "dry-run")
-	switch dryRunFlag {
-	case cmd.Flag("dry-run").NoOptDefVal:
-		return DryRunNone, errors.New(`--dry-run flag without a value was specified. A value must be set: "none", "server", or "client".`)
-	case "client":
-		return DryRunClient, nil
-	case "server":
-		return DryRunServer, nil
-	case "none":
-		return DryRunNone, nil
-	default:
-		return DryRunNone, fmt.Errorf(`Invalid dry-run value (%v). Must be "none", "server", or "client".`, dryRunFlag)
+	b, err := strconv.ParseBool(dryRunFlag)
+	// The flag is not a boolean
+	if err != nil {
+		switch dryRunFlag {
+		case cmd.Flag("dry-run").NoOptDefVal:
+			klog.Warning(`--dry-run is deprecated and can be replaced with --dry-run=client.`)
+			return DryRunClient, nil
+		case "client":
+			return DryRunClient, nil
+		case "server":
+			return DryRunServer, nil
+		case "none":
+			return DryRunNone, nil
+		default:
+			return DryRunNone, fmt.Errorf(`Invalid dry-run value (%v). Must be "none", "server", or "client".`, dryRunFlag)
+		}
 	}
+	// The flag was a boolean
+	if b {
+		klog.Warningf(`--dry-run=%v is deprecated (boolean value) and can be replaced with --dry-run=%s.`, dryRunFlag, "client")
+		return DryRunClient, nil
+	}
+	klog.Warningf(`--dry-run=%v is deprecated (boolean value) and can be replaced with --dry-run=%s.`, dryRunFlag, "none")
+	return DryRunNone, nil
 }
 
 // PrintFlagsWithDryRunStrategy sets a success message at print time for the dry run strategy