diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2/api.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2/api.proto
index 0c7ff56411f..4d5edbe6720 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2/api.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2/api.proto
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 // To regenerate api.pb.go run hack/update-generated-runtime.sh
-syntax = 'proto3';
+syntax = "proto3";
 
 package runtime.v1alpha2;
 option go_package = "v1alpha2";