diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference/ref.go b/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference/ref.go
index 573d948..442a991 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference/ref.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference/ref.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
@@ -30,8 +28,7 @@
 
 var (
 	// Errors that could be returned by GetReference.
-	ErrNilObject  = errors.New("can't reference a nil object")
-	ErrNoSelfLink = errors.New("selfLink was empty, can't make reference")
+	ErrNilObject = errors.New("can't reference a nil object")
 )
 
 // GetReference returns an ObjectReference which refers to the given
@@ -47,20 +44,6 @@
 		return ref, nil
 	}
 
-	gvk := obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind()
-
-	// if the object referenced is actually persisted, we can just get kind from meta
-	// if we are building an object reference to something not yet persisted, we should fallback to scheme
-	kind := gvk.Kind
-	if len(kind) == 0 {
-		// TODO: this is wrong
-		gvks, _, err := scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		kind = gvks[0].Kind
-	}
-
 	// An object that implements only List has enough metadata to build a reference
 	var listMeta metav1.Common
 	objectMeta, err := meta.Accessor(obj)
@@ -73,29 +56,29 @@
 		listMeta = objectMeta
 	}
 
-	// if the object referenced is actually persisted, we can also get version from meta
-	version := gvk.GroupVersion().String()
-	if len(version) == 0 {
-		selfLink := listMeta.GetSelfLink()
-		if len(selfLink) == 0 {
-			return nil, ErrNoSelfLink
-		}
-		selfLinkUrl, err := url.Parse(selfLink)
+	gvk := obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind()
+
+	// If object meta doesn't contain data about kind and/or version,
+	// we are falling back to scheme.
+	//
+	// TODO: This doesn't work for CRDs, which are not registered in scheme.
+	if gvk.Empty() {
+		gvks, _, err := scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		// example paths: /<prefix>/<version>/*
-		parts := strings.Split(selfLinkUrl.Path, "/")
-		if len(parts) < 4 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected self link format: '%v'; got version '%v'", selfLink, version)
+		if len(gvks) == 0 || gvks[0].Empty() {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected gvks registered for object %T: %v", obj, gvks)
 		}
-		if parts[1] == "api" {
-			version = parts[2]
-		} else {
-			version = parts[2] + "/" + parts[3]
-		}
+		// TODO: The same object can be registered for multiple group versions
+		// (although in practise this doesn't seem to be used).
+		// In such case, the version set may not be correct.
+		gvk = gvks[0]
 	}
 
+	kind := gvk.Kind
+	version := gvk.GroupVersion().String()
+
 	// only has list metadata
 	if objectMeta == nil {
 		return &v1.ObjectReference{