diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index f80a57875..2dd4aff35 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -568,11 +568,11 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/api",
-			"Rev": "8f54d34188b0"
+			"Rev": "8661bc967ba8"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
-			"Rev": "b9f0d37e94c6"
+			"Rev": "6584f51ae935"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/cli-runtime",
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/client-go",
-			"Rev": "ca7edf3d8a93"
+			"Rev": "eb0bad8167df"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/code-generator",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 99606d1f8..43da8d9b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191022100944-742c48ecaeb7
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200302082247-8f54d34188b0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200302045842-b9f0d37e94c6
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200303042250-8661bc967ba8
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200303201514-6584f51ae935
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20200221172330-03707b9714f9
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200302082525-ca7edf3d8a93
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200303162532-eb0bad8167df
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200302162701-77f056ceea66
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200121204235-bf4fb3bd569c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ require (
 replace (
 	golang.org/x/sys => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a // pinned to release-branch.go1.13
 	golang.org/x/tools => golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190821162956-65e3620a7ae7 // pinned to release-branch.go1.13
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200302082247-8f54d34188b0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200302045842-b9f0d37e94c6
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200303042250-8661bc967ba8
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200303201514-6584f51ae935
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20200221172330-03707b9714f9
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200302082525-ca7edf3d8a93
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200303162532-eb0bad8167df
 	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20200214080538-dc8f3adce97c
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200302162701-77f056ceea66
 	k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.0.0-20200229084100-9a31b1dece01
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e36488e5e..bd4486295 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible h1:VsBPFP1AI068pPrMxtb/S8Zkgf9xEmTLJjfM+P5UIEo=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200302082247-8f54d34188b0/go.mod h1:+2jnw1NMpdXlVDlcy5KjXl7Gh4M0HZ0AhKakQo+KiV8=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200302045842-b9f0d37e94c6/go.mod h1:5X8oEhnd931nEg6/Nkumo00nT6ZsCLp2h7Xwd7Ym6P4=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200303042250-8661bc967ba8/go.mod h1:+2jnw1NMpdXlVDlcy5KjXl7Gh4M0HZ0AhKakQo+KiV8=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200303201514-6584f51ae935/go.mod h1:5X8oEhnd931nEg6/Nkumo00nT6ZsCLp2h7Xwd7Ym6P4=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20200221172330-03707b9714f9/go.mod h1:jFVnu9CV5hIeRRksJ7Tt7Uo+k7nXrLmHlLDSZT+lSsw=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200302082525-ca7edf3d8a93/go.mod h1:2DzSdhxUXsi3Ln8q5B+GHLG6b2cQN64WNsTnBYZ8Y4Y=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200303162532-eb0bad8167df/go.mod h1:f3OvjVgLfl47XmS3B0Ajl6SOZOsHRqC+j9b7JOyW3iU=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20200214080538-dc8f3adce97c/go.mod h1:+UHX5rSbxmR8kzS+FAv7um6dtYrZokQvjHpDSYRVkTc=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20200302162701-77f056ceea66/go.mod h1:TFzve7JW8Nl3KjrLk5oj8UA+qvh04n0NuTOciggyn1s=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20190128074634-0689ccc1d7d6/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
index 88ee7f39d..323f60c2a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ func AddApplyAnnotationVarFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, applyAnnotation *bool) {
 // TODO: need to take a pass at other generator commands to use this set of flags
 func AddGeneratorFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, defaultGenerator string) {
 	cmd.Flags().String("generator", defaultGenerator, "The name of the API generator to use.")
+	cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("generator", "has no effect and will be removed in the future.")
 	AddDryRunFlag(cmd)
 }