diff --git a/vendor.mod b/vendor.mod
index 6557d7cee4..cc55bfb41f 100644
--- a/vendor.mod
+++ b/vendor.mod
@@ -202,6 +202,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/vendor.sum b/vendor.sum
index 59ad51e8c3..bb4d17a09a 100644
--- a/vendor.sum
+++ b/vendor.sum
@@ -2138,8 +2138,8 @@ k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1 h1:atnLQ121W371wYYFawwYx1aEY2eUfs4l3J72wtgAwV4=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1 h1:m4bYOKall2MmOiRaR1J+We67Do7vm9KiQVlT96lnHUw=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20180731170545-e3762e86a74c/go.mod h1:BXM9ceUBTj2QnfH2MK1odQs778ajze1RxcmP6S8RVVc=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20191107075043-30be4d16710a/go.mod h1:1TqjTSzOxsLGIKfj0lK8EeCP7K1iUG65v09OM0/WG5E=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6/go.mod h1:UuqjUnNftUyPE5H64/qeyjQoUZhGpeFDVdxjTeEVN2o=
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go
index 2428963c0e..005513f2a7 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/contextual.go
@@ -70,11 +70,14 @@ func SetLogger(logger logr.Logger) {
 // routing log entries through klogr into klog and then into the actual Logger
 // backend.
 func SetLoggerWithOptions(logger logr.Logger, opts ...LoggerOption) {
-	logging.logger = &logger
 	logging.loggerOptions = loggerOptions{}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(&logging.loggerOptions)
 	}
+	logging.logger = &logWriter{
+		Logger:          logger,
+		writeKlogBuffer: logging.loggerOptions.writeKlogBuffer,
+	}
 }
 
 // ContextualLogger determines whether the logger passed to
@@ -93,6 +96,22 @@ func FlushLogger(flush func()) LoggerOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WriteKlogBuffer sets a callback that will be invoked by klog to write output
+// produced by non-structured log calls like Infof.
+//
+// The buffer will contain exactly the same data that klog normally would write
+// into its own output stream(s). In particular this includes the header, if
+// klog is configured to write one. The callback then can divert that data into
+// its own output streams. The buffer may or may not end in a line break.
+//
+// Without such a callback, klog will call the logger's Info or Error method
+// with just the message string (i.e. no header).
+func WriteKlogBuffer(write func([]byte)) LoggerOption {
+	return func(o *loggerOptions) {
+		o.writeKlogBuffer = write
+	}
+}
+
 // LoggerOption implements the functional parameter paradigm for
 // SetLoggerWithOptions.
 type LoggerOption func(o *loggerOptions)
@@ -100,6 +119,13 @@ type LoggerOption func(o *loggerOptions)
 type loggerOptions struct {
 	contextualLogger bool
 	flush            func()
+	writeKlogBuffer  func([]byte)
+}
+
+// logWriter combines a logger (always set) with a write callback (optional).
+type logWriter struct {
+	Logger
+	writeKlogBuffer func([]byte)
 }
 
 // ClearLogger removes a backing Logger implementation if one was set earlier
@@ -152,7 +178,7 @@ func Background() Logger {
 	if logging.loggerOptions.contextualLogger {
 		// Is non-nil because logging.loggerOptions.contextualLogger is
 		// only true if a logger was set.
-		return *logging.logger
+		return logging.logger.Logger
 	}
 
 	return klogLogger
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/buffer/buffer.go b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/buffer/buffer.go
index ac88682a2c..f325ded5e9 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -40,44 +40,33 @@ type Buffer struct {
 	next *Buffer
 }
 
-// Buffers manages the reuse of individual buffer instances. It is thread-safe.
-type Buffers struct {
-	// mu protects the free list. It is separate from the main mutex
-	// so buffers can be grabbed and printed to without holding the main lock,
-	// for better parallelization.
-	mu sync.Mutex
-
-	// freeList is a list of byte buffers, maintained under mu.
-	freeList *Buffer
+var buffers = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return new(Buffer)
+	},
 }
 
 // GetBuffer returns a new, ready-to-use buffer.
-func (bl *Buffers) GetBuffer() *Buffer {
-	bl.mu.Lock()
-	b := bl.freeList
-	if b != nil {
-		bl.freeList = b.next
-	}
-	bl.mu.Unlock()
-	if b == nil {
-		b = new(Buffer)
-	} else {
-		b.next = nil
-		b.Reset()
-	}
+func GetBuffer() *Buffer {
+	b := buffers.Get().(*Buffer)
+	b.Reset()
 	return b
 }
 
 // PutBuffer returns a buffer to the free list.
-func (bl *Buffers) PutBuffer(b *Buffer) {
+func PutBuffer(b *Buffer) {
 	if b.Len() >= 256 {
-		// Let big buffers die a natural death.
+		// Let big buffers die a natural death, without relying on
+		// sync.Pool behavior. The documentation implies that items may
+		// get deallocated while stored there ("If the Pool holds the
+		// only reference when this [= be removed automatically]
+		// happens, the item might be deallocated."), but
+		// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/23199 leans more towards
+		// having such a size limit.
 		return
 	}
-	bl.mu.Lock()
-	b.next = bl.freeList
-	bl.freeList = b
-	bl.mu.Unlock()
+
+	buffers.Put(b)
 }
 
 // Some custom tiny helper functions to print the log header efficiently.
@@ -121,7 +110,8 @@ func (buf *Buffer) someDigits(i, d int) int {
 	return copy(buf.Tmp[i:], buf.Tmp[j:])
 }
 
-// FormatHeader formats a log header using the provided file name and line number.
+// FormatHeader formats a log header using the provided file name and line number
+// and writes it into the buffer.
 func (buf *Buffer) FormatHeader(s severity.Severity, file string, line int, now time.Time) {
 	if line < 0 {
 		line = 0 // not a real line number, but acceptable to someDigits
@@ -157,3 +147,30 @@ func (buf *Buffer) FormatHeader(s severity.Severity, file string, line int, now
 	buf.Tmp[n+2] = ' '
 	buf.Write(buf.Tmp[:n+3])
 }
+
+// SprintHeader formats a log header and returns a string. This is a simpler
+// version of FormatHeader for use in ktesting.
+func (buf *Buffer) SprintHeader(s severity.Severity, now time.Time) string {
+	if s > severity.FatalLog {
+		s = severity.InfoLog // for safety.
+	}
+
+	// Avoid Fprintf, for speed. The format is so simple that we can do it quickly by hand.
+	// It's worth about 3X. Fprintf is hard.
+	_, month, day := now.Date()
+	hour, minute, second := now.Clock()
+	// Lmmdd hh:mm:ss.uuuuuu threadid file:line]
+	buf.Tmp[0] = severity.Char[s]
+	buf.twoDigits(1, int(month))
+	buf.twoDigits(3, day)
+	buf.Tmp[5] = ' '
+	buf.twoDigits(6, hour)
+	buf.Tmp[8] = ':'
+	buf.twoDigits(9, minute)
+	buf.Tmp[11] = ':'
+	buf.twoDigits(12, second)
+	buf.Tmp[14] = '.'
+	buf.nDigits(6, 15, now.Nanosecond()/1000, '0')
+	buf.Tmp[21] = ']'
+	return string(buf.Tmp[:22])
+}
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/serialize/keyvalues.go b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/serialize/keyvalues.go
index ad6bf11165..1dc81a15fa 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/serialize/keyvalues.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/serialize/keyvalues.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 )
 
+type textWriter interface {
+	WriteText(*bytes.Buffer)
+}
+
 // WithValues implements LogSink.WithValues. The old key/value pairs are
 // assumed to be well-formed, the new ones are checked and padded if
 // necessary. It returns a new slice.
@@ -91,11 +95,66 @@ func MergeKVs(first, second []interface{}) []interface{} {
 	return merged
 }
 
+type Formatter struct {
+	AnyToStringHook AnyToStringFunc
+}
+
+type AnyToStringFunc func(v interface{}) string
+
+// MergeKVsInto is a variant of MergeKVs which directly formats the key/value
+// pairs into a buffer.
+func (f Formatter) MergeAndFormatKVs(b *bytes.Buffer, first, second []interface{}) {
+	if len(first) == 0 && len(second) == 0 {
+		// Nothing to do at all.
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(first) == 0 && len(second)%2 == 0 {
+		// Nothing to be overridden, second slice is well-formed
+		// and can be used directly.
+		for i := 0; i < len(second); i += 2 {
+			f.KVFormat(b, second[i], second[i+1])
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Determine which keys are in the second slice so that we can skip
+	// them when iterating over the first one. The code intentionally
+	// favors performance over completeness: we assume that keys are string
+	// constants and thus compare equal when the string values are equal. A
+	// string constant being overridden by, for example, a fmt.Stringer is
+	// not handled.
+	overrides := map[interface{}]bool{}
+	for i := 0; i < len(second); i += 2 {
+		overrides[second[i]] = true
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(first); i += 2 {
+		key := first[i]
+		if overrides[key] {
+			continue
+		}
+		f.KVFormat(b, key, first[i+1])
+	}
+	// Round down.
+	l := len(second)
+	l = l / 2 * 2
+	for i := 1; i < l; i += 2 {
+		f.KVFormat(b, second[i-1], second[i])
+	}
+	if len(second)%2 == 1 {
+		f.KVFormat(b, second[len(second)-1], missingValue)
+	}
+}
+
+func MergeAndFormatKVs(b *bytes.Buffer, first, second []interface{}) {
+	Formatter{}.MergeAndFormatKVs(b, first, second)
+}
+
 const missingValue = "(MISSING)"
 
 // KVListFormat serializes all key/value pairs into the provided buffer.
 // A space gets inserted before the first pair and between each pair.
-func KVListFormat(b *bytes.Buffer, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
+func (f Formatter) KVListFormat(b *bytes.Buffer, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	for i := 0; i < len(keysAndValues); i += 2 {
 		var v interface{}
 		k := keysAndValues[i]
@@ -104,69 +163,93 @@ func KVListFormat(b *bytes.Buffer, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 		} else {
 			v = missingValue
 		}
-		b.WriteByte(' ')
-		// Keys are assumed to be well-formed according to
-		// https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/migration-to-structured-logging.md#name-arguments
-		// for the sake of performance. Keys with spaces,
-		// special characters, etc. will break parsing.
-		if sK, ok := k.(string); ok {
-			// Avoid one allocation when the key is a string, which
-			// normally it should be.
-			b.WriteString(sK)
-		} else {
-			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s", k))
-		}
-
-		// The type checks are sorted so that more frequently used ones
-		// come first because that is then faster in the common
-		// cases. In Kubernetes, ObjectRef (a Stringer) is more common
-		// than plain strings
-		// (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106594#issuecomment-975526235).
-		switch v := v.(type) {
-		case fmt.Stringer:
-			writeStringValue(b, true, StringerToString(v))
-		case string:
-			writeStringValue(b, true, v)
-		case error:
-			writeStringValue(b, true, ErrorToString(v))
-		case logr.Marshaler:
-			value := MarshalerToValue(v)
-			// A marshaler that returns a string is useful for
-			// delayed formatting of complex values. We treat this
-			// case like a normal string. This is useful for
-			// multi-line support.
-			//
-			// We could do this by recursively formatting a value,
-			// but that comes with the risk of infinite recursion
-			// if a marshaler returns itself. Instead we call it
-			// only once and rely on it returning the intended
-			// value directly.
-			switch value := value.(type) {
-			case string:
-				writeStringValue(b, true, value)
-			default:
-				writeStringValue(b, false, fmt.Sprintf("%+v", value))
-			}
-		case []byte:
-			// In https://github.com/kubernetes/klog/pull/237 it was decided
-			// to format byte slices with "%+q". The advantages of that are:
-			// - readable output if the bytes happen to be printable
-			// - non-printable bytes get represented as unicode escape
-			//   sequences (\uxxxx)
-			//
-			// The downsides are that we cannot use the faster
-			// strconv.Quote here and that multi-line output is not
-			// supported. If developers know that a byte array is
-			// printable and they want multi-line output, they can
-			// convert the value to string before logging it.
-			b.WriteByte('=')
-			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%+q", v))
-		default:
-			writeStringValue(b, false, fmt.Sprintf("%+v", v))
-		}
+		f.KVFormat(b, k, v)
 	}
 }
 
+func KVListFormat(b *bytes.Buffer, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
+	Formatter{}.KVListFormat(b, keysAndValues...)
+}
+
+// KVFormat serializes one key/value pair into the provided buffer.
+// A space gets inserted before the pair.
+func (f Formatter) KVFormat(b *bytes.Buffer, k, v interface{}) {
+	b.WriteByte(' ')
+	// Keys are assumed to be well-formed according to
+	// https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-instrumentation/migration-to-structured-logging.md#name-arguments
+	// for the sake of performance. Keys with spaces,
+	// special characters, etc. will break parsing.
+	if sK, ok := k.(string); ok {
+		// Avoid one allocation when the key is a string, which
+		// normally it should be.
+		b.WriteString(sK)
+	} else {
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s", k))
+	}
+
+	// The type checks are sorted so that more frequently used ones
+	// come first because that is then faster in the common
+	// cases. In Kubernetes, ObjectRef (a Stringer) is more common
+	// than plain strings
+	// (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106594#issuecomment-975526235).
+	switch v := v.(type) {
+	case textWriter:
+		writeTextWriterValue(b, v)
+	case fmt.Stringer:
+		writeStringValue(b, true, StringerToString(v))
+	case string:
+		writeStringValue(b, true, v)
+	case error:
+		writeStringValue(b, true, ErrorToString(v))
+	case logr.Marshaler:
+		value := MarshalerToValue(v)
+		// A marshaler that returns a string is useful for
+		// delayed formatting of complex values. We treat this
+		// case like a normal string. This is useful for
+		// multi-line support.
+		//
+		// We could do this by recursively formatting a value,
+		// but that comes with the risk of infinite recursion
+		// if a marshaler returns itself. Instead we call it
+		// only once and rely on it returning the intended
+		// value directly.
+		switch value := value.(type) {
+		case string:
+			writeStringValue(b, true, value)
+		default:
+			writeStringValue(b, false, f.AnyToString(value))
+		}
+	case []byte:
+		// In https://github.com/kubernetes/klog/pull/237 it was decided
+		// to format byte slices with "%+q". The advantages of that are:
+		// - readable output if the bytes happen to be printable
+		// - non-printable bytes get represented as unicode escape
+		//   sequences (\uxxxx)
+		//
+		// The downsides are that we cannot use the faster
+		// strconv.Quote here and that multi-line output is not
+		// supported. If developers know that a byte array is
+		// printable and they want multi-line output, they can
+		// convert the value to string before logging it.
+		b.WriteByte('=')
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%+q", v))
+	default:
+		writeStringValue(b, false, f.AnyToString(v))
+	}
+}
+
+func KVFormat(b *bytes.Buffer, k, v interface{}) {
+	Formatter{}.KVFormat(b, k, v)
+}
+
+// AnyToString is the historic fallback formatter.
+func (f Formatter) AnyToString(v interface{}) string {
+	if f.AnyToStringHook != nil {
+		return f.AnyToStringHook(v)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%+v", v)
+}
+
 // StringerToString converts a Stringer to a string,
 // handling panics if they occur.
 func StringerToString(s fmt.Stringer) (ret string) {
@@ -203,6 +286,16 @@ func ErrorToString(err error) (ret string) {
 	return
 }
 
+func writeTextWriterValue(b *bytes.Buffer, v textWriter) {
+	b.WriteRune('=')
+	defer func() {
+		if err := recover(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(b, `"<panic: %s>"`, err)
+		}
+	}()
+	v.WriteText(b)
+}
+
 func writeStringValue(b *bytes.Buffer, quote bool, v string) {
 	data := []byte(v)
 	index := bytes.IndexByte(data, '\n')
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/k8s_references.go b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/k8s_references.go
index 2c218f698c..ecd3f8b690 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/k8s_references.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/k8s_references.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package klog
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 )
@@ -31,11 +33,30 @@ type ObjectRef struct {
 
 func (ref ObjectRef) String() string {
 	if ref.Namespace != "" {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", ref.Namespace, ref.Name)
+		var builder strings.Builder
+		builder.Grow(len(ref.Namespace) + len(ref.Name) + 1)
+		builder.WriteString(ref.Namespace)
+		builder.WriteRune('/')
+		builder.WriteString(ref.Name)
+		return builder.String()
 	}
 	return ref.Name
 }
 
+func (ref ObjectRef) WriteText(out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	out.WriteRune('"')
+	ref.writeUnquoted(out)
+	out.WriteRune('"')
+}
+
+func (ref ObjectRef) writeUnquoted(out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	if ref.Namespace != "" {
+		out.WriteString(ref.Namespace)
+		out.WriteRune('/')
+	}
+	out.WriteString(ref.Name)
+}
+
 // MarshalLog ensures that loggers with support for structured output will log
 // as a struct by removing the String method via a custom type.
 func (ref ObjectRef) MarshalLog() interface{} {
@@ -117,31 +138,31 @@ var _ fmt.Stringer = kobjSlice{}
 var _ logr.Marshaler = kobjSlice{}
 
 func (ks kobjSlice) String() string {
-	objectRefs, err := ks.process()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err.Error()
+	objectRefs, errStr := ks.process()
+	if errStr != "" {
+		return errStr
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", objectRefs)
 }
 
 func (ks kobjSlice) MarshalLog() interface{} {
-	objectRefs, err := ks.process()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err.Error()
+	objectRefs, errStr := ks.process()
+	if errStr != "" {
+		return errStr
 	}
 	return objectRefs
 }
 
-func (ks kobjSlice) process() ([]interface{}, error) {
+func (ks kobjSlice) process() (objs []interface{}, err string) {
 	s := reflect.ValueOf(ks.arg)
 	switch s.Kind() {
 	case reflect.Invalid:
 		// nil parameter, print as nil.
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, ""
 	case reflect.Slice:
 		// Okay, handle below.
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("<KObjSlice needs a slice, got type %T>", ks.arg)
+		return nil, fmt.Sprintf("<KObjSlice needs a slice, got type %T>", ks.arg)
 	}
 	objectRefs := make([]interface{}, 0, s.Len())
 	for i := 0; i < s.Len(); i++ {
@@ -151,8 +172,41 @@ func (ks kobjSlice) process() ([]interface{}, error) {
 		} else if v, ok := item.(KMetadata); ok {
 			objectRefs = append(objectRefs, KObj(v))
 		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("<KObjSlice needs a slice of values implementing KMetadata, got type %T>", item)
+			return nil, fmt.Sprintf("<KObjSlice needs a slice of values implementing KMetadata, got type %T>", item)
+		}
+	}
+	return objectRefs, ""
+}
+
+var nilToken = []byte("<nil>")
+
+func (ks kobjSlice) WriteText(out *bytes.Buffer) {
+	s := reflect.ValueOf(ks.arg)
+	switch s.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Invalid:
+		// nil parameter, print as empty slice.
+		out.WriteString("[]")
+		return
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		// Okay, handle below.
+	default:
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, `"<KObjSlice needs a slice, got type %T>"`, ks.arg)
+		return
+	}
+	out.Write([]byte{'['})
+	defer out.Write([]byte{']'})
+	for i := 0; i < s.Len(); i++ {
+		if i > 0 {
+			out.Write([]byte{' '})
+		}
+		item := s.Index(i).Interface()
+		if item == nil {
+			out.Write(nilToken)
+		} else if v, ok := item.(KMetadata); ok {
+			KObj(v).writeUnquoted(out)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "<KObjSlice needs a slice of values implementing KMetadata, got type %T>", item)
+			return
 		}
 	}
-	return objectRefs, nil
 }
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klog.go b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klog.go
index 1bd11b6754..466eeaf265 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klog.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klog.go
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/buffer"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/clock"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/dbg"
@@ -453,7 +451,7 @@ type settings struct {
 
 	// logger is the global Logger chosen by users of klog, nil if
 	// none is available.
-	logger *Logger
+	logger *logWriter
 
 	// loggerOptions contains the options that were supplied for
 	// globalLogger.
@@ -525,6 +523,11 @@ func (s settings) deepCopy() settings {
 	}
 	s.vmodule.filter = filter
 
+	if s.logger != nil {
+		logger := *s.logger
+		s.logger = &logger
+	}
+
 	return s
 }
 
@@ -532,11 +535,6 @@ func (s settings) deepCopy() settings {
 type loggingT struct {
 	settings
 
-	// bufferCache maintains the free list. It uses its own mutex
-	// so buffers can be grabbed and printed to without holding the main lock,
-	// for better parallelization.
-	bufferCache buffer.Buffers
-
 	// flushD holds a flushDaemon that frequently flushes log file buffers.
 	// Uses its own mutex.
 	flushD *flushDaemon
@@ -664,7 +662,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) header(s severity.Severity, depth int) (*buffer.Buffer, strin
 
 // formatHeader formats a log header using the provided file name and line number.
 func (l *loggingT) formatHeader(s severity.Severity, file string, line int) *buffer.Buffer {
-	buf := l.bufferCache.GetBuffer()
+	buf := buffer.GetBuffer()
 	if l.skipHeaders {
 		return buf
 	}
@@ -673,17 +671,18 @@ func (l *loggingT) formatHeader(s severity.Severity, file string, line int) *buf
 	return buf
 }
 
-func (l *loggingT) println(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) println(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, args ...interface{}) {
 	l.printlnDepth(s, logger, filter, 1, args...)
 }
 
-func (l *loggingT) printlnDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth int, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) printlnDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, depth int, args ...interface{}) {
 	buf, file, line := l.header(s, depth)
-	// if logger is set, we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
-	// logger implementation to print headers
-	if logger != nil {
-		l.bufferCache.PutBuffer(buf)
-		buf = l.bufferCache.GetBuffer()
+	// If a logger is set and doesn't support writing a formatted buffer,
+	// we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
+	// logger implementation to print headers.
+	if logger != nil && logger.writeKlogBuffer == nil {
+		buffer.PutBuffer(buf)
+		buf = buffer.GetBuffer()
 	}
 	if filter != nil {
 		args = filter.Filter(args)
@@ -692,17 +691,18 @@ func (l *loggingT) printlnDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter
 	l.output(s, logger, buf, depth, file, line, false)
 }
 
-func (l *loggingT) print(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) print(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, args ...interface{}) {
 	l.printDepth(s, logger, filter, 1, args...)
 }
 
-func (l *loggingT) printDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth int, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) printDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, depth int, args ...interface{}) {
 	buf, file, line := l.header(s, depth)
-	// if logr is set, we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
-	// logr implementation to print headers
-	if logger != nil {
-		l.bufferCache.PutBuffer(buf)
-		buf = l.bufferCache.GetBuffer()
+	// If a logger is set and doesn't support writing a formatted buffer,
+	// we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
+	// logger implementation to print headers.
+	if logger != nil && logger.writeKlogBuffer == nil {
+		buffer.PutBuffer(buf)
+		buf = buffer.GetBuffer()
 	}
 	if filter != nil {
 		args = filter.Filter(args)
@@ -714,17 +714,18 @@ func (l *loggingT) printDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter L
 	l.output(s, logger, buf, depth, file, line, false)
 }
 
-func (l *loggingT) printf(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, format string, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) printf(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	l.printfDepth(s, logger, filter, 1, format, args...)
 }
 
-func (l *loggingT) printfDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) printfDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, depth int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	buf, file, line := l.header(s, depth)
-	// if logr is set, we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
-	// logr implementation to print headers
-	if logger != nil {
-		l.bufferCache.PutBuffer(buf)
-		buf = l.bufferCache.GetBuffer()
+	// If a logger is set and doesn't support writing a formatted buffer,
+	// we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
+	// logger implementation to print headers.
+	if logger != nil && logger.writeKlogBuffer == nil {
+		buffer.PutBuffer(buf)
+		buf = buffer.GetBuffer()
 	}
 	if filter != nil {
 		format, args = filter.FilterF(format, args)
@@ -739,13 +740,14 @@ func (l *loggingT) printfDepth(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter
 // printWithFileLine behaves like print but uses the provided file and line number.  If
 // alsoLogToStderr is true, the log message always appears on standard error; it
 // will also appear in the log file unless --logtostderr is set.
-func (l *loggingT) printWithFileLine(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, file string, line int, alsoToStderr bool, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) printWithFileLine(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, file string, line int, alsoToStderr bool, args ...interface{}) {
 	buf := l.formatHeader(s, file, line)
-	// if logr is set, we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
-	// logr implementation to print headers
-	if logger != nil {
-		l.bufferCache.PutBuffer(buf)
-		buf = l.bufferCache.GetBuffer()
+	// If a logger is set and doesn't support writing a formatted buffer,
+	// we clear the generated header as we rely on the backing
+	// logger implementation to print headers.
+	if logger != nil && logger.writeKlogBuffer == nil {
+		buffer.PutBuffer(buf)
+		buf = buffer.GetBuffer()
 	}
 	if filter != nil {
 		args = filter.Filter(args)
@@ -758,7 +760,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) printWithFileLine(s severity.Severity, logger *logr.Logger, f
 }
 
 // if loggr is specified, will call loggr.Error, otherwise output with logging module.
-func (l *loggingT) errorS(err error, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) errorS(err error, logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	if filter != nil {
 		msg, keysAndValues = filter.FilterS(msg, keysAndValues)
 	}
@@ -770,7 +772,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) errorS(err error, logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, dept
 }
 
 // if loggr is specified, will call loggr.Info, otherwise output with logging module.
-func (l *loggingT) infoS(logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
+func (l *loggingT) infoS(logger *logWriter, filter LogFilter, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	if filter != nil {
 		msg, keysAndValues = filter.FilterS(msg, keysAndValues)
 	}
@@ -785,7 +787,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) infoS(logger *logr.Logger, filter LogFilter, depth int, msg s
 // set log severity by s
 func (l *loggingT) printS(err error, s severity.Severity, depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	// Only create a new buffer if we don't have one cached.
-	b := l.bufferCache.GetBuffer()
+	b := buffer.GetBuffer()
 	// The message is always quoted, even if it contains line breaks.
 	// If developers want multi-line output, they should use a small, fixed
 	// message and put the multi-line output into a value.
@@ -796,7 +798,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) printS(err error, s severity.Severity, depth int, msg string,
 	serialize.KVListFormat(&b.Buffer, keysAndValues...)
 	l.printDepth(s, logging.logger, nil, depth+1, &b.Buffer)
 	// Make the buffer available for reuse.
-	l.bufferCache.PutBuffer(b)
+	buffer.PutBuffer(b)
 }
 
 // redirectBuffer is used to set an alternate destination for the logs
@@ -851,7 +853,7 @@ func LogToStderr(stderr bool) {
 }
 
 // output writes the data to the log files and releases the buffer.
-func (l *loggingT) output(s severity.Severity, log *logr.Logger, buf *buffer.Buffer, depth int, file string, line int, alsoToStderr bool) {
+func (l *loggingT) output(s severity.Severity, logger *logWriter, buf *buffer.Buffer, depth int, file string, line int, alsoToStderr bool) {
 	var isLocked = true
 	l.mu.Lock()
 	defer func() {
@@ -867,13 +869,17 @@ func (l *loggingT) output(s severity.Severity, log *logr.Logger, buf *buffer.Buf
 		}
 	}
 	data := buf.Bytes()
-	if log != nil {
-		// TODO: set 'severity' and caller information as structured log info
-		// keysAndValues := []interface{}{"severity", severityName[s], "file", file, "line", line}
-		if s == severity.ErrorLog {
-			logging.logger.WithCallDepth(depth+3).Error(nil, string(data))
+	if logger != nil {
+		if logger.writeKlogBuffer != nil {
+			logger.writeKlogBuffer(data)
 		} else {
-			log.WithCallDepth(depth + 3).Info(string(data))
+			// TODO: set 'severity' and caller information as structured log info
+			// keysAndValues := []interface{}{"severity", severityName[s], "file", file, "line", line}
+			if s == severity.ErrorLog {
+				logger.WithCallDepth(depth+3).Error(nil, string(data))
+			} else {
+				logger.WithCallDepth(depth + 3).Info(string(data))
+			}
 		}
 	} else if l.toStderr {
 		os.Stderr.Write(data)
@@ -948,7 +954,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) output(s severity.Severity, log *logr.Logger, buf *buffer.Buf
 		timeoutFlush(ExitFlushTimeout)
 		OsExit(255) // C++ uses -1, which is silly because it's anded with 255 anyway.
 	}
-	l.bufferCache.PutBuffer(buf)
+	buffer.PutBuffer(buf)
 
 	if stats := severityStats[s]; stats != nil {
 		atomic.AddInt64(&stats.lines, 1)
@@ -1282,7 +1288,7 @@ func (l *loggingT) setV(pc uintptr) Level {
 // See the documentation of V for more information.
 type Verbose struct {
 	enabled bool
-	logr    *logr.Logger
+	logger  *logWriter
 }
 
 func newVerbose(level Level, b bool) Verbose {
@@ -1290,7 +1296,7 @@ func newVerbose(level Level, b bool) Verbose {
 		return Verbose{b, nil}
 	}
 	v := logging.logger.V(int(level))
-	return Verbose{b, &v}
+	return Verbose{b, &logWriter{Logger: v, writeKlogBuffer: logging.loggerOptions.writeKlogBuffer}}
 }
 
 // V reports whether verbosity at the call site is at least the requested level.
@@ -1313,6 +1319,13 @@ func newVerbose(level Level, b bool) Verbose {
 // less than or equal to the value of the -vmodule pattern matching the source file
 // containing the call.
 func V(level Level) Verbose {
+	return VDepth(1, level)
+}
+
+// VDepth is a variant of V that accepts a number of stack frames that will be
+// skipped when checking the -vmodule patterns. VDepth(0) is equivalent to
+// V().
+func VDepth(depth int, level Level) Verbose {
 	// This function tries hard to be cheap unless there's work to do.
 	// The fast path is two atomic loads and compares.
 
@@ -1329,7 +1342,7 @@ func V(level Level) Verbose {
 		// but if V logging is enabled we're slow anyway.
 		logging.mu.Lock()
 		defer logging.mu.Unlock()
-		if runtime.Callers(2, logging.pcs[:]) == 0 {
+		if runtime.Callers(2+depth, logging.pcs[:]) == 0 {
 			return newVerbose(level, false)
 		}
 		// runtime.Callers returns "return PCs", but we want
@@ -1357,7 +1370,7 @@ func (v Verbose) Enabled() bool {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) Info(args ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.print(severity.InfoLog, v.logr, logging.filter, args...)
+		logging.print(severity.InfoLog, v.logger, logging.filter, args...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1365,7 +1378,7 @@ func (v Verbose) Info(args ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) InfoDepth(depth int, args ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.printDepth(severity.InfoLog, v.logr, logging.filter, depth, args...)
+		logging.printDepth(severity.InfoLog, v.logger, logging.filter, depth, args...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1373,7 +1386,7 @@ func (v Verbose) InfoDepth(depth int, args ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) Infoln(args ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.println(severity.InfoLog, v.logr, logging.filter, args...)
+		logging.println(severity.InfoLog, v.logger, logging.filter, args...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1381,7 +1394,7 @@ func (v Verbose) Infoln(args ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) InfolnDepth(depth int, args ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.printlnDepth(severity.InfoLog, v.logr, logging.filter, depth, args...)
+		logging.printlnDepth(severity.InfoLog, v.logger, logging.filter, depth, args...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1389,7 +1402,7 @@ func (v Verbose) InfolnDepth(depth int, args ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) Infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.printf(severity.InfoLog, v.logr, logging.filter, format, args...)
+		logging.printf(severity.InfoLog, v.logger, logging.filter, format, args...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1397,7 +1410,7 @@ func (v Verbose) Infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) InfofDepth(depth int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.printfDepth(severity.InfoLog, v.logr, logging.filter, depth, format, args...)
+		logging.printfDepth(severity.InfoLog, v.logger, logging.filter, depth, format, args...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1405,7 +1418,7 @@ func (v Verbose) InfofDepth(depth int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) InfoS(msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.infoS(v.logr, logging.filter, 0, msg, keysAndValues...)
+		logging.infoS(v.logger, logging.filter, 0, msg, keysAndValues...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1419,14 +1432,14 @@ func InfoSDepth(depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) InfoSDepth(depth int, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.infoS(v.logr, logging.filter, depth, msg, keysAndValues...)
+		logging.infoS(v.logger, logging.filter, depth, msg, keysAndValues...)
 	}
 }
 
 // Deprecated: Use ErrorS instead.
 func (v Verbose) Error(err error, msg string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.errorS(err, v.logr, logging.filter, 0, msg, args...)
+		logging.errorS(err, v.logger, logging.filter, 0, msg, args...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1434,7 +1447,7 @@ func (v Verbose) Error(err error, msg string, args ...interface{}) {
 // See the documentation of V for usage.
 func (v Verbose) ErrorS(err error, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	if v.enabled {
-		logging.errorS(err, v.logr, logging.filter, 0, msg, keysAndValues...)
+		logging.errorS(err, v.logger, logging.filter, 0, msg, keysAndValues...)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klogr.go b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klogr.go
index 027a4014af..15de00e21f 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klogr.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/klog/v2/klogr.go
@@ -42,19 +42,21 @@ func (l *klogger) Init(info logr.RuntimeInfo) {
 	l.callDepth += info.CallDepth
 }
 
-func (l klogger) Info(level int, msg string, kvList ...interface{}) {
+func (l *klogger) Info(level int, msg string, kvList ...interface{}) {
 	merged := serialize.MergeKVs(l.values, kvList)
 	if l.prefix != "" {
 		msg = l.prefix + ": " + msg
 	}
-	V(Level(level)).InfoSDepth(l.callDepth+1, msg, merged...)
+	// Skip this function.
+	VDepth(l.callDepth+1, Level(level)).InfoSDepth(l.callDepth+1, msg, merged...)
 }
 
-func (l klogger) Enabled(level int) bool {
-	return V(Level(level)).Enabled()
+func (l *klogger) Enabled(level int) bool {
+	// Skip this function and logr.Logger.Info where Enabled is called.
+	return VDepth(l.callDepth+2, Level(level)).Enabled()
 }
 
-func (l klogger) Error(err error, msg string, kvList ...interface{}) {
+func (l *klogger) Error(err error, msg string, kvList ...interface{}) {
 	merged := serialize.MergeKVs(l.values, kvList)
 	if l.prefix != "" {
 		msg = l.prefix + ": " + msg
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 9868ea9c72..c0298e28c4 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ gotest.tools/v3/internal/format
 gotest.tools/v3/internal/source
 gotest.tools/v3/poll
 gotest.tools/v3/skip
-# k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1
+# k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 k8s.io/klog/v2
 k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/buffer